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Webpage

Bibliography

Author Last name, First name. "Title of webpage." Website or organization. Last modified Month Day, Year. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Feagins, Lucy. "The Inimitable Mirka Mora." The Design Files. Last modified August 28, 2018. https://thedesignfiles.net/2018/08/interview-mirka-mora/.

In-text

...as argued by Feagins.1

 

First footnote

1 Lucy Feagins, "The Inimitable Mirka Mora," The Design Files, last modified August, 28, 2018, https://thedesignfiles.net/2018/08/interview-mirka-mora/.

Subsequent footnotes

2 Feagins, "The Inimitable Mirka Mora."

Notes

  • If no individual author is identified, use the wider organization or website as the corporate author in the bibliography. The note can leave out the author and begin with the title.
  • If no date of publication or revision is available add the date, e.g. Accessed May 10, 2022. 
  • Words in the titles and subtitles are capitalized, except articles and prepositions
  • The author is inverted for the bibliography but not for the footnotes
  • The second line of the bibliography entry is indented
  • The first line of the footnote entry is indented
  • The first footnote includes all of the publication information
  • Subsequent footnotes of the same source include only the author’s surname, the book title, and the page number(s)
  • If a webpage has numbered sections, these can be used in place of page numbers.
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format

Government or organisation reports

Bibliography

Name of Group/Organization or Last name, First name (if known). Title of Work. Place of Publication: Government Agency's name, Date of Publication. https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Closing the Gap Prime Minister’s Report 2018. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2018. https://closingthegap.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/ctg-report-2018.pdf.

First footnote

1 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Closing the Gap Prime Minister’s Report 2018 (Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2018), 32. https://closingthegap.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/ctg-report-2018.pdf.

Subsequent footnotes

4 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Closing the Gap, 47.

Notes

  • Use the government department responsible for the publication or report as the author.
  • The second line of the Bibliography entry is indented
  • The first line of the Footnote entry is indented
  • The first footnote includes all of the publication information
  • Subsequent footnotes of the same source include only the organization's name, the report title, and the page number(s)
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format

Conference papers

Bibliography

Author(s) last name, First name. "Paper Title." Paper presented at Name, Location and Date of Conference. Accessed Month, Day Year. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Lindström, Niclas and Lars Samuelsson.  "Reason and Emotion: How Teachers Respond to Ethical Problems." Paper presented at Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2018. Accessed September 9, 2018. https://philpapers.org/rec/LINRAE-2.

First footnote

1 Niclas Lindström and Lars Samuelsson, "Reason and Emotion: How Teachers Respond to Ethical Problems," (paper presented at Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2018), 4, https://philpapers.org/rec/LINRAE-2.

Subsequent footnotes

3 Lindström and Samuelsson, "Reason and Emotion," 7.

Notes

  • If the author's given name is provided, use the full name
  • Words in the titles and subtitles are capitalized, except articles and prepositions
  • If the book is not a first edition, place the edition number after the title of the book, eg: Book Title. 2nd ed.)
  • The author is inverted for the Bibliography but not for the footnotes
  • The second line of the Bibliography entry is indented
  • The first line of the Footnote entry is indented
  • The first footnote includes all of the publication information
  • Subsequent footnotes of the same source include only the author’s surname, the book title, and the page number(s)
  • if conference paper is published as part of an edited volume, treat as a chapter in an edited book
  • Find month, place information on conference website for relevant year
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for footnotes and bibliography format

Statistics

Bibliography

Name of organisation. Title of Work. Cat. Catalogue Number. Place of publication. Date of publication. https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories from the Census, 2016. Cat. 2071.0. Canberra, March 27, 2018. https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2071.0.

First footnote

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (hereafter ABS), Census of Population and Housing: Reflecting Australia - Stories from the Census, 2016, Cat. no. 2071.0, Canberra, March 27, 2018, 24, March 27, 2018, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2071.0.

Subsequent footnotes

4 ABS, Census of Population and Housing, 13.

Notes

  • Acronyms for long organisational names can be used if the acronym is added in brackets after first use (see example above)
  • More details on elements to include when citing different document types at Citing ABS sources (ABS website)
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format

Standards

Bibliography

Name of Standards Organization. Title of standard. Standard number or edition. Location of Publisher: Publisher name. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Standards Australia. Guide for Managing Risk in Not-for-Profit Organizations. HB 266:2010. Sydney: SAI Global. https://infostore.saiglobal.com/en-au/standards/hb-266-2010-129527_saig_as_as_273974/.

First footnote

1Guide for Managing Risk in Not-for-Profit Organizations, HB 266:2010 (Sydney: SAI Global), 24, https://infostore.saiglobal.com/en-au/standards/hb-266-2010-129527_saig_as_as_273974/.

Subsequent footnotes

3 Guide for Managing Risk in Not-for-Profit Organizations, 37.

Notes

  • Standards can be cited by title in the footnotes.