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Citing and referencing

Everything you need to know about referencing with links to guides and support.

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

References for periodicals’ articles should include the following elements:

  • Author(s)
  • Title of Article
  • Title of Journal
  • Volume Number
  • Issue Number no.
  • Year (or Month Year if applicable)
  • Page Number pp. #-#,
  •  Database/Website
  • DOI or URL. (Access date – only if required).

 

Basic format

 

Last name, First name A., First name B. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical, vol. #, no. #, Month/Season Year, pp. #-#. Database/Website, DOI/URL. Accessed Day Month Year.

N.B.: The accessed date is optional, yet, always provide it when the publication date is not available, and when the content accessed may change over time. 

Journal Article 

  • Journal Article, in Print

Chan, Ming-Kai, and Aprile D. Benner. “A Consideration of Racial/Ethnic Diversity Conceptualization and Measurement: Clarifying Ambiguity and Advancing Scholarship.” Educational Psychologist, vol. 60, no. 2, 2025, pp. 69–87.

  • Journal Article, Accessed Online

Klimt, Gustav. “Medicine.” Academic Medicine, vol. 98, no. 6, 2023, p. 688. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ACM.0000942700.09397.93.

Journal Article, Multiple Authors

 

  • Tow authors : Cite Both of them

Kaufmann, Laurence, and Pierre-Nicolas Oberhauser. “Perdre sa voix. Félicités et infélicités de la polyphonie.” A contrario, vol. 28, no. 1, 2019, pp. 65–90. https://doi.org/10.3917/aco.191.0065.

 

  • Three or more authors: Cite the first author and follow it with a comma and the abbreviation et al.

Nath, Artika P., et al. “Multivariate Genome-Wide Association Analysis of a Cytokine Network Reveals Variants with Widespread Immune, Haematological, and Cardiometabolic Pleiotropy.” The American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 105, no. 6, 2019, pp. 1076–1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.001

 

Magazine Article

Pearl, Robert, and Brian Wayling. “The Telehealth Era Is Just Beginning.” Harvard Business Review, vol. 100, May 2022, p. 95. https://go.exlibris.link/0L1Z9twl

 

Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article No title

“Psychology: VCE Achievers 2023.” The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 12 Dec. 2023, https://go.exlibris.link/t9WCSJmc.

Periodical Publication in an Online Database Article

 

Include the database name in italics immediately after the page numbers; if the source has no page numbers, place the database name after the publication date.

Dalecki, Marc, et al. “Development of Rule-Based Eye-Hand-Decoupling in Children and Adolescents.” Child Neuropsychology, vol. 25, no. 8, 2019, pp. 1098–1115. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2019.1578342.

Online Publication with No Date

 

If an online publication has no publication date, or if the content may change over time, you must include the access date at the end of the citation, after the URL or DOI.

Basic Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article or Page.” Title of the Website, Name of the Publisher (if different from website title), URL. Accessed Day Month Year.