The reference section begins on a new page with a centred heading (no bold or underline). The reference list is only to include those references you have cited in your assignment. Below are specific details on how to reference.
Authors’ names
Invert authors’ names (i.e., give the surname first, then the initials). Separate surnames from initials with a comma. Separate initials with a full stop and a space. Separate different names with a comma. For two or more authors, separate the last name from the rest with a comma, then an ampersand (“&”). Do not use ‘et al.’ in the reference list. Always give all the authors’ names. When referencing the editors of a book you need to list the author’s initials first, followed by their surname. See the book chapter example on the previous page.
Date
Provide the year of publication of the reference in brackets followed by a full stop. For books, this is the most recent copyright date, and is usually found on the page after the title page. For journals the year is the publication date of the journal. For translations, give the date of the translation, and add the date of the original work in parentheses after the end of the reference.
Title
Provide the title of the reference exactly as it appears in the original, including the original spelling. Capitalise the first letter only of book, journal article, and book chapter titles and the first letter of a word appearing after a colon ‘:’ in the title. Capitalise all major words in journal titles. Italicise book titles and journal titles.
Format
Use a hanging indent of five to seven spaces (½ an inch) and double space each reference. Please note that if you are viewing this page on a web browser, the hanging indent is not shown. Below is an example of a reference with a hanging heading.
Conlon, E.G., Lilleskaret, G., Wright, C. M., & Power, G.F. (2012) The influence of
contrast on coherent motion processing in dyslexia. Neuropsychologia, 50(7),
1672-1681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.03.023
1. In your reference list highlight the reference/s you want to format using the hanging indent. 2. Right click and then click on 'Paragraph'
3. Click 'OK'
References must be in alphabetical order of first author’s surname. Do not number references.
View the video below to see how to do a hanging indent.