Books

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. Book Title in Italics. # ed. Publisher. https://doi.org/DOI… or URL.

Reference list examples

Berman, Audrey T., Geralyn Frandsen, Shirlee Snyder, et al. 2021. Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice. 5th Aust. ed. Pearson Australia. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/curtin/detail.action?docID=6352557.

Doyle, Timothy, Doug McEachern, and Sherilyn MacGregor. 2015. Environment and Politics. 4th ed. Routledge. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/curtin/detail.action?docID=2194948.

Gay, Grant, and Roger Simnett. 2018. Auditing & Assurance Services in Australia. 7th ed. McGraw-Hill. EPUB. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/curtin/detail.action?docID=5729228.

Millon, Theodore, Roger Davis, Carrie Millon, Luis Escovar, and Sarah Meagher. 2000. Personality Disorders in Modern Life. Wiley.

In-text examples

Extra tips

For editions other than the first, include the edition number after the book title
Provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or URL for online sources
For books accessed in EPUB format, add EPUB to the reference as shown in the Gay and Simnet example
When quoting, if an ebook has no fixed page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Chapter in an edited book

Reference components

Chapter Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book in Italics, # ed., edited by Editor(s) First Name(s) Last Name. Publisher. https://doi.org/DOI… or URL.

Reference list examples

Esteves, Fernando, Joao Rodrigo Mesquita, Carmen Nobrega, et al. 2016. “Epidemiology and Emergence of Schmallenberg Virus Part 1: Origin, Transmission and Differential Diagnosis.” In Epidemiology of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases - Attributes of Lifestyle and Nature on Humankind, edited by Fyson Kasenga. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/64741.

Reisinger, Yvette. 2013. “Reflections on Globalisation and Cultural Tourism.” In The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Tourism, edited by Melanie Smith and Greg Richards. Routledge. EPUB. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/curtin/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=1114637.

Renner, Adam, Bridget Brew, and Crystal Proctor. 2013. “Plotting Inequality, Building Resistance.” In Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers, 2nd ed., edited by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson. Rethinking Schools.

In-text examples

Extra tips

For editions other than the first, include the edition number after the book title
Provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or URL for online sources
For books accessed in EPUB format, add EPUB to the reference as shown in the Reisinger example
When quoting, if an ebook has no fixed page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Dictionary or encyclopedia

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Entry.” In Title of Dictionary or Encyclopedia in Italics, # ed., edited by Editor(s) First Name(s) Last Name. Publisher. URL.

Reference list example

Martin, David. 2001. “Religion: Peace, War, and Violence.” In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, edited by Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Pergamon Press. https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080430768/international-encyclopedia-of-the-social-and-behavioral-sciences#book-description.

In-text examples

Extra tips

If the definition has no author information, incorporate it into the in-text, citing the title of the resource in italics, year, access date and URL
Where the article has no publication date, add an accessed date in the format of month day, year followed by the URL
When quoting, if no fixed page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Conference paper or poster

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Paper,” paper presented at the Name of Conference, City, State/Country, Month Day(s), Year. https://doi.org/DOI… or URL.

Reference list examples

Chadwick, M. B., M. Blann, and S. Hilaire. 2008. “Multistep Direct Preequilibrium Reactions and the Monte Carlo Approach,” paper presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Paris, France, April 23-27, 2007. https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-07-2498.

Fredericks, Joel, and Christopher Lawrence. 2018. “#thisismymob: Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Australian Cultural Heritage,” paper presented at the 2nd Workshop on Mobile Access to Cultural Heritage (MobileCH-2018), Barcelona, Spain, September 3-6, 2018. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2176/paper3.pdf.

In-text examples

Extra tips

If publication details such as dates or location are not provided, look for this information by searching for the Conference Name on Google
A conference paper included in published proceedings is treated like a chapter in an edited book. If published in a journal, it is treated as a journal article.

Thesis or dissertation

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Thesis.” PhD diss. or Master’s thesis, University Name. Database Name (Document Identifier). URL.

Reference list examples

Dowling, Carol Susan. 2017. “ ‘Find One of Your Own Kind’: Auto-ethnography and My Aboriginal Women Ancestors.” PhD diss., Curtin University. espace. https://espace.curtin.edu.au/handle/20.500.11937/73585.

Ling, Justin. 2015. “Lords and Ladies of the Modern Age.” Master’s thesis, Mills College. ProQuest (1586702). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/lords-ladies-modern-age/docview/1676462563/se-2?accountid=10382.

In-text examples

Extra tips

For theses or dissertations retrieved from a commercial database, list the name of the database and, in brackets, any identification number supplied by the database.