REFERENCING AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (APA STYLE)

Example; Water is a necessary part of every person’s diet and of all the nutrients a body needs to function, it
requires more water each day than any other nutrient (Whitney & Rolfes, 2011). or
Whitney and Rolfes (2011) state the body requires many nutrients to function but highlight that water is

of greater importance than any other nutrient. or

Water is an essential element of anyone’s diet and Whitney and Rolfes (2011) emphasise it is more

important than any other nutrient.

Example:
“Self-directed learning is also a term with which you will become familiar as you study in Australia or
New Zealand. Students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning and organise their own

study” (Hally, 2009, p. 7).

All references or information sources cited in any written work (i.e. essays, reports, research papers,
etc.) need to be listed in a reference list on a separate page at the end of your assignment, headed
‘References’ or ‘Reference List’. The reference list provides all the details necessary for the person
reading and/or marking the assignment to locate and retrieve any information source cited. An
accurate and properly constructed reference list provides credibility to the written work it accompanies.

Quoting directly from a work should be done sparingly, in order to emphasis or stress a point in your
essay. When using a quote, it must be copied exactly as written in the original work including any
punctuation or incorrect spelling. When using a quote, include the author’s last name, year of
publication and page number/s where the quote appears. Refer to the APA manual, 2010, p. 170-173
for further information.

“The WTN exists to "encourage serendipity" -- the happy accidents of colliding ideas and new
relationships that cause the biggest breakthroughs for individuals and institutions” (World Technology
Network, 2014, para. 3).

A bibliography is a list of all of the sources you have used (whether referenced or not) in the process of researching your work.