Thesis or dissertation

Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

…was found in a recent study (Cassidy 137).

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Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Author. Title of Thesis. Year. Granting University, description.

Reference List example

Cassidy, Mary. Thirteenth-century English Cistercian Monasteries: Monastic Spaces and their Meanings. 1997. U of Melbourne, PhD dissertation.

If you accessed the dissertation through an online repository, include this fact as the title of the second container (italicised).

Njus, Jesse. Performing the Passion: A Study on the Nature of Medieval Acting. 2010. Northwestern U, PhD dissertation. ProQuest, search.proquest.com/docview/305212264?accountid=7432.

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Style notes for this reference type

Elements of citation:

• Author.
• Title of Thesis (italicised).
• Publication date,
• Institution conferring the degree,
• Type of thesis or dissertation (BA, MA or PhD).

See Handbook  5.22; 5.40; 5.113

• The institution conferring the degree and the type of thesis or dissertation (BA, MA, or PhD) are essential to defining the work and should appear as a final supplemental element (5.113).

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