Chicago 18th Author-Date

Government or organisation report

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s) or Government Department Name or Organisation Name. Year. Title of Report in Italics. Report or Catalogue Number. Publisher. URL.

Reference list examples

Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat. 2017. Our Families, Our Way: Strengthening Aboriginal Families So Their Children Can Thrive. AbSec. https://www.absec.org.au/images/downloads/AbSec-Feb2017-Our-families-our-way-program-framework-final.pdf.

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare). 2015. Emergency Department Care 2014-15: Australian Hospital Statistics. Cat. no. HSE 168. AIHW. https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/0fd096e0-b481-4f92-98d72f9c8719/19527_1.pdf.aspx?inline=true.

Saunes, Ingrid Sperre, Marina Karanikolos, and Anna Sagan. 2020. Norway: Health System Review 2020. Health Systems in Transition, vol. 22, no. 14. Norwegian Institute of Public Health and European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies. https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/i/norway-health-system-review-20.

In-text examples

Extra tips

  • If you cannot locate certain elements (e.g. publisher, report or catalogue number), omit them from your reference
  • If you have used an abbreviated organisation name in the in-text citation, display the abbreviation first followed by the organisation’s full name in brackets. Where an organisation is commonly known by its acronym (e.g. CSIRO, Qantas, NASA), list the acronym in the reference list without the full name in brackets
  • When quoting, if there are no page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Press release

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Release.” Release type, Month Day of release. URL.

Reference list examples

APA (American Psychological Association). 2018. “Dishonest Individuals Perceived as Less Capable.” Press release, January 31. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/01/dishonest-individuals.aspx.

Birmingham, Simon. 2017. “Tens of Thousands of Preschoolers to Learn a Language in 2017.” Media release, January 9. https://ministers.education.gov.au/birmingham/tens-thousands-preschoolers-learn-language-2017.

In-text examples

Extra tips

  • Most common releases include ‘Media Release’ or ‘Press Release’
  • If you have used an abbreviated organisation name in the in-text citation, display the abbreviation first followed by the organisation’s full name in brackets. Where an organisation is commonly known by its acronym (e.g. CSIRO, Qantas, NASA), list the acronym in the reference list without the full name in brackets
  • When quoting, if there are no page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Brochure, factsheet or pamphlet

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s) or Organisation Name. Year. Title in Italics. Publisher. URL.

Reference list examples

Department of Health. 2020. When Should Masks be Worn in the Community, in Australia? Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/07/when-should-masks-be-worn-in-the-community-in-australia.pdf.

In-text examples

Extra tips

  • For print material, omit the URL
  • If certain elements cannot be identified (e.g. Publisher), omit them from your reference
  • When quoting, if there are no page numbers, cite another identifier in-text.

Dataset

Reference components

Author Surname, First Name(s). Year. “Title of Dataset.” Publisher or Source, Month Day. https://doi.org/DOI… or URL.

Reference list example

Irino, Tomohisa, and Ryuji Tada. 2009. “Chemical and Mineral Compositions of Sediments from ODP Site 127-797.” Pangaea dataset, February 14. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726855.

Zou, Heng-Xing, and Volker, H. W. Rudolf. 2023. Data from “Priority Effects Determine How Dispersal Affects Biodiversity in Seasonal Metacommunitie.” Dryad dataset, February 9. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sbcc2frb4.

In-text examples

Extra tips

  • The year refers to the year of publication of the dataset; not the year of publication of the paper which contains the dataset
  • If no date of publication, use n.d. (no date) and provide an access date. But if the cited data applies to a specific year(s), use this date instead of n.d.
  • Provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) if available. If you cannot locate a DOI, include the item’s URL
  • Data available via an independent database, dataset or other collection files, can be cited directly (as shown in the Zou example).