ALM Journal

 

Reference Style

Reference style should include (where possible):
1 Author/s
2 Date of publication
3 Title [including page references for chapters in books and journal articles]
4 Place of publication
5 Publisher
  
Here are some examples:
 
Journal, 2 authors:
Abbott, M., & Doucouliagos, C. (1999). Economies of scale and the amalgamation of technical and further education institutions in Victoria. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, 7(1), 1-24.
  

Chapter in a book:

Ainley, J., & Long, M. (1998). Longitudinal research and participation in further education. In C. Robinson, & R. Kenyon (Eds.), The market for vocational education and training (pp. 383-395). Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
 

Newspaper article:

Albert, J. (1998, October 7). One in five maths tutors subtracted. Higher Education supplement, The Australian, p. 38.
 

Book:

Apple, M. W. (1979). Ideology and curriculum. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

 

Brochure:

Australian National Training Authority (1997). Training packages: An integrated approach to flexible delivery. [Brochure]. Brisbane, Qld: Author.
 

Brochure with no date/place given:

Australian National Training Authority (n.d.). Marketing skills & lifelong learning: Making skills and lifelong learning a national priority. [Brochure]. [No place of publication given]: Author.
 
Online resources***:
Australian National Training Authority (1999). National marketing strategy for skills and lifelong learning. Literature review. Retrieved May 16, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://www.anta.gov.au/lifelong/reports/Lit_review_Dec%2099.pdf
 

Australian National Training Authority (2000). A national marketing strategy for VET: Meeting client needs. Retrieved January 29, 2001 from the World Wide Web:  http://www.anta.gov.au/lifelong [Last updated 24 August 2000]

 

Australian National Training Authority (2000). Built in not bolted on. Retrieved May 16, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.anta.gov.au/PUBS/BuiltIn/Built_In_Not_Bolted_On.htm

 

[*** These are often deleted after a period of time, so make sure that you note the date you retrieved it].

 

FitzSimons, G. E. (2002) Teaching mathematics to primary teachers in Australia. In I. Vakalis, D. Hughes Hallett, C. Kourouniotis, D. Quinney, & C. Tzanakis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics (at the undergraduate level). Crete: University of Crete/John Wiley. [Available on CD-ROM]

 
NB. In the text you refer to articles generally as: Hawke (2002) noted that not all birds are grey.
OR: Gorton was a fine Prime Minister (McMahon, 1969).  
 
Only if there is direct quotation do you use page numbers: “Life was not meant to be easy” (Fraser, 1975, p. 123).
 

Quotations of 40 or more words should be indented five to seven spaces from the left margin, and without quotation marks. Name the author/s and year prior to the quotation, but finish the quotation with the page number/s in parentheses, e.g. (p. 276)