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| 1 | Have you checked if your lecturer has any special referencing requirements, for example page numbers for all citations or no hyperlinks? | If your lecturer states specific requirements for referencing, these override APA style, and you must incorporate them in your assignment. Check in your Learnline unit information, or with your lecturer directly. |
| 2 | Do your references appear at the end of your document, on a new page? | References are listed at the end of your document. Insert a page break to start the references on a new page. |
| 3 | Are your references headed by the title References, centred and bold? | This is the exact formatting required. |
| 4 | Are your references in alphabetical order by first named author, or title if there is no author (Listed sequentially – top to bottom)? | Ignore the words ‘A’, ‘An’, and ‘The’ when alphabetising by title. |
| 5 | Are your references double spaced? | Regardless of spacing required for assignments, your reference list must be double-spaced. |
| 6 | Are your references left aligned? | Regardless of alignment required for assignments, you must left align the references. |
| 7 | Do your references have a hanging indent of 5-7 spaces? |
FAQ What is a hanging indent? FAQ How to create a hanging indent?http://libanswers.cdu.edu.au/faq/263688 |
| 8 | Have you followed the APA examples in this guide, including punctuation, spaces, italics, parenthesis etc.? | Video – Punctuation Pitfalls: https://youtu.be/vjQMGTAVvqw |
| 9 | Have you cited and referenced all resources used? |
Whenever you use information from a resource in your text, an in-text citation is needed to show your reader where you found the information. An in-text citation consists of author family name/organisation name and year, while the reference added at the end of your document includes full details of the resource. |
| 10 | Do all your references have a matching in-text citation and vice versa? |
References cited in text must appear in the reference list and vice versa. The only exceptions to this rule are ‘Personal communication’ and ‘Traditional knowledge’. |
| 11 | Are your URLs and DOIs hyperlinked? |
All URLs and DOIs should be hyperlinked eg. https://www.cdu.edu.au/library/ |
| 12 | Have you shortened URLs that are longer than two lines, using a URL shortening service? |
URL shortening service: https://tinyurl.com/ Reminder: check ALL URLs work before submitting |
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Have you followed the rule of capitalisation for your titles and journal titles? Video – A capital idea: https://youtu.be/DAaYJVY1rRI |
Capitalisation in APA style is very specific: - In titles and subtitles of articles, chapters, books, reports and webpage titles, capitalise only the first letter of the first word of the title, the subtitle and any proper nouns. - For journal titles you must capitalise the first letter of every word (except for words like ‘in’, ‘at’, ‘of’, ‘the’, ‘and’). |
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Where you have an author with multiple middle names, only include the first two initials of an author’s first names. |
Examples: Robert Mark Smith: Smith, R. M. Roberta Mary Cordelia Sanderson: Sanderson, R. M. |
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If your resource did not have a date, did you use n.d. (no date)? |
Example of reference: Author. (n.d.). Title. Publisher. DOI/URL Example of in-text citation: (Author, n.d.) |
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If you have resources with the same author, but different dates, have you listed the references in chronological order (oldest first)? |
Example of reference list entry: Jones, J. (2012). Travel tips. Publisher. http://doi.org/... Jones, J. (2016). Worst holidays ever. Publisher. http://doi.org/... Example of in-text citation: Jones (2012) stated that…
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If you have resources with the same author and the same date, have you added a letter after the date? Have you added the same letter after the date in the matching in-text citation? |
Example of reference: Smith, J. (2014a). Best food ever. Publisher. http://doi.org/... Smith, J. (2014b). Chocolate is great. Publisher. http://doi.org/... Example of in-text citation: (Smith, 2014a)
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If you have resources with the same author and no date, have you added a hyphen and a letter after n.d.? Have you added the same letter after the date in the in-text citation? |
Example of reference: St John. (n.d.-a). Burns. URL St John. (n.d.-b). Scalds. URL Example of in-text citation: (St John, n.d.-a)
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Have you explained all your abbreviations before using them? |
It is possible to use an abbreviated version of an organisational author in text, but you must use it in full the first time. In-text example: (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). Use square brackets if it is within parentheses. Show subsequent citations as (WHO, 2014). In your reference list use the full name of the author.
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Have you provided a DOI or URL wherever required for your electronic resources? |
If your electronic resource has a DOI, add the DOI to your reference. A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a series of numbers, letters, and symbols, used to uniquely identify a resource and provide a permanent address. Format: https://doi.org/10.0000/0000 If your electronic resource was accessed through Library Search or a CDU Library database and does NOT have a DOI, do NOT add a URL to your reference. If your electronic resource was accessed through a search engine like Google, add the resource URL to your reference. FAQ: What is a DOI and where can I find it https://libanswers.cdu.edu.au/faq/136259
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Have you changed all your DOIs to the correct format? DOIs should be in link form and clickable. |
Examples of changes: DOI on article: doi:10.1037/arc0000014 DOI changed to: https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000014
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