Dictionary print:
Format:
Author, AA year of publication, Title: subtitle, Publisher, Place of publication.
If there is no author evident for the entry in the dictionary or encyclopaedia provide the name of the dictionary or encyclopaedia in italics and the year it was published.
Examples:
Reference list:
Macquarie dictionary 2005, 4th edn, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW.
In-text citation:
The Macquarie Dictionary (2005) defines governance as...
or:
Governance is a method or system of government or management (The Macquarie Dictionary 2005).
Dictionary electronic format:
Format:
'defined word' year of publication, in Title, Publisher, Place of publication, viewed Date Month Year, <URL>.
Examples:
Reference list:
‘governance’ 2012, in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Merriam-Webster,USA, viewed 7 November 2013 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/governance>.
In-text citation:
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (2006) defines governance as ...
or:
Governance is the way that a city, company, etc., is controlled by the people who run it (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary 2006).
Encyclopedia article electronic format - no author listed
Format:
'Article' year of publication, in Title, Publisher, Place of publication, viewed Date Month Year, <URL>.
In-text citation:
A major movement, first in painting and later in music ('Impressionism' 2013).
or:
'Impressionism' (2013) is stated as a major movement first in painting...
Example:
'Impressionism', 2013, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, viewed 20 October 2013,; <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/284143/Impressionism>.
Encyclopedia article electronic format - author listed
Format:
Author, AA year of publication, 'Title of chapter', in Title: subtitle, Publisher, Place of publication, viewed Date Month Year, <URL>.
If an author for the entry is evident, treat the same way as for a chapter in an edited book.
In-text citation:
The thalassemias are the commonest genetic disorders in humans (Weatherall 2005).
or:
As stated by Weatherall (2005) 'the thalassemias are the commonest disorders..."
Example:
Weatherall, D 2005, 'Thalassemia' in DN Cooper (ed.), in Encyclopaedia of the human genome, viewed 8 February 2011, <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/wileyhg/thalassemias>.
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