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Harvard Referencing

Guide to citing & referencing in this author, date style for JCU students

Government publication

Format:

Author, AA year of publication, Title: subtitle, Publisher, Place of publication, viewed date, <URL>.

Example:

Department of Health and Aging 2010, National women's health policy 2010. Australian Government, Canberra, viewed 15 March 2018, <https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/3BC776B3C331D5EECA257BF0001A8D46/$File/NWHP.pdf>.

In-text citation:

In the conclusion the Department of Health and Aging (2010, p. 10) points out ...

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Format:

Australian Bureau of Statistics year, Title, cat.no., ABS, Canberra.

Australian Bureau of Statistics year, Title, cat.no., ABS, Canberra, viewed day Month year, <URL>. 

 Example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009, Building approvals Australia, cat.no. 8731.0, ABS, Canberra.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009, Building approvals Australia, cat.no. 8731.0, ABS, Canberra, viewed 11 April 2007,  <http://www.abs.gov.au>.

 In-text citation:

Use the full name followed by the acronym in parenthesis:

… (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] 2009)

Use the abbreviation in any further citations:

… (ABS 2009)

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