Which reference style should I use?
The referencing style you should use depends on your course requirements or your subject coordinator’s preference. In some cases, you will be permitted to choose your preferred style. The most popular styles are:
American Psychological Association (APA7)
APA7 is widely used in the social sciences, education, business, and engineering. It follows the author-date format for in-text citations and includes a reference list at the end of the document.
Chicago
The Chicago style is popular in the humanities and social sciences. It offers two citation styles: notes and bibliography, and author-date. The notes and bibliography style uses footnotes or endnotes for citations, while the author-date style is similar to the APA style.
The following styles are more discipline specific:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
MLA is used in literature, languages, and cultural studies. It uses in-text citations with the author's last name and page number, and a works cited list at the end.
Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th Edition (AGLC4)
AGLC4 is a referencing style specifically used for legal citations and academic writing in the field of law in Australia. AGLC4 uses footnotes and a bibliography at the end of the document.
Vancouver (AMA)
Vancouver style is widely used in the fields of medicine, health sciences, and related disciplines and used numbered citations in-text and a reference list at the end of the document.
For more details about referencing style options, check the referencing styles guide in Re:cite.
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