The Library’s expert guides to referencing styles commonly used at the University include examples of how to cite different resources in your work and construct a reference list or bibliography.
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AGLC
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) is a footnote/reference system.
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APA 7
The American Psychological Association (APA 7th) style is widely used in the social sciences and other fields, such as education, commerce and nursing.
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Chicago A (footnote)
The Chicago style has both an author-date system and a notes and bibliography system. This is Chicago A - notes and bibliography (footnote).
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Chicago B (author-date)
The Chicago style has both an author-date system and a notes and bibliography system. This is Chicago B - author-date
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Harvard
The University of Melbourne Library no longer provides advice for the Harvard style for referencing. The Harvard style is an author-date citation system that has not been updated for more than 15 years and has no official institutional connection to Harvard University. For alternative author-date styles, please consider using APA or Chicago B.
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IEEE
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is a numbered referencing style used widely in electronics, engineering, telecommunications, computer science, and information technology reports.
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MLA
This guide is based on MLA Handbook Plus, 9th edition.
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AMA (Vancouver)
AMA style (also called JAMA or Vancouver) is a numbered style used widely in medicine. This guide is based on the AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition.
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Referencing non-English language and translated sources