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Newspapers

Works Cited

News database

Surname, Firstname. Title of Article."Title of Newspaper or Source". Date Month Year, Database,URL

Pierson, Brendan. "US Official Charged with Russia Probe Leak." News.com.au., 13 Oct. 2018, Factiva, global.factiva.com/ha/default.aspx#./!?&_suid=15398180955590051210128510259745.

Newspaper website

Surname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Date Month Year, URL.

Bagshaw, Eryk. "Government Closer to Massive New Digital Tax." The Age, 3 Oct. 2018, digitaleditions.smedia.com.au/theage-todays-paper/Default.aspx.

Newspaper print version

Surname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Date Month Year, page..

Bagshaw, Eryk. "Government Closer to Massive New Digital Tax." The Age, 3 Oct. 2018

In-text

Bagshaw (2017) stated that…….

……..(Bagshaw, 2017)

Notes

  • The title of the newspaper is always in italics
  • Include the month and day of publication as well as the year
  • If there is no author use the title of the article both in-text and in the Works Cited
  • Abbreviate month names greater than four letters: Jan., Feb., Mar.,  Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
  • The Works Cited list must be double-spaced, be formatted to have a hanging indent, and have a centred heading
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and Works Cited list format

Online video

Works Cited

Surname, Firstname. "Title of Video." Name of Video Service, date of posting, url.

Elemans, Tomas. "The Inspiring Truth in Fiction." TED" Nov. 2017, www.ted.com/talks/tomas_elemans_the_inspiring_truth_in_fiction.

In-text

Elemans (2017) stated that …

……(Elemans, 2017)

Notes

  • Videos can be in more than one site. Reference the one you accessed.
  • The title of the video service is always in italics
  • On some platforms the author is the person or organisation who posts the video rather than the presenter
  • Abbreviate month names greater than four letters: Jan., Feb., Mar.,  Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
  • The Works Cited list must be double-spaced, be formatted to have a hanging indent, and have a centred heading
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and Works Cited list format

Streaming program (radio or television)

Works Cited

Television

"Title of Episode."Title of Series.Creators' Names, Year of release.

The Crown, Netflix app. Left Bank Pictures / Sony Pictures Television Production UK, 2016.

Radio

"Title of Episode." Title of Series, Version. Creators' Names, Year of release.

"She Who Must be Loved ." The Hub on Screen, ABC Radio National, 2018.

In-text

The Crown (2017) depicts…

……(The Crown 2017)

Notes

  • The title of the series is always in italics
  • If you cannot find any of the elements of a citation leave them out and include what is available
  • The Works Cited list must be double-spaced, be formatted to have a hanging indent, and have a centred heading
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format

Film from a database

Works Cited

"Title of Episode."Title of Film. Creators' Names, Source, Date of access.

"Newton & Nightingale." The Beauty of Diagrams. BBC, Kanopy database. Accessed 17 Oct. 2018.

In-text

Newton & Nightingale portray ……..

……………(Newton & Nightingale)

Notes

  • The title of the film is always in italics
  • If you cannot find any of the elements of a citation leave them out and include what is available
  • The Works Cited list must be double-spaced, be formatted to have a hanging indent, and have a centred heading
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format

Podcast

Works Cited

Host's Surname, First name. "Title of Episode." Title of Podcast, Day Month Year of Publication, URL

Kanowski, Sarah. "Robert Fisk: Life as a War Correspondent." ABC Radio - Conversations Podcast, 26 Apr. 2017, https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/robert-fisk-rpt/9677970

In-text

(Kanowski, 2017)

Notes

  • The title of the podcast is always in italics
  • If you cannot find any of the elements of a citation leave them out and include what is available
  • If the podcast comes from an app, provide the app name after the title of the podcast, in italics. Finish the entry after the date.
  • Abbreviate month names greater than four letters: Jan., Feb., Mar.,  Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
  • The Works Cited list must be double-spaced, be formatted to have a hanging indent, and have a centred heading
  • For multiple authors check the author layout table for in-text and reference list format