King’s College Referencing Guidelines

These guidelines are based on the APA (American Psychological Association) Style, which uses an author-date citation method.

Citations within your text are acknowledged with Author (Date) and page number or (Author, Date, page number)
e.g. Griffin (2012) points out that “we don’t know where the internet will take humanity” (p. 23) or “We don’t know where the internet will take humanity” (Griffin, 2012, p. 23).

Sources quoted from or mentioned must be acknowledged in the Reference List at the end of your work.

BOOKS

The basic format for book references is: Author. (Date). Title. Place published: Publisher’s name.

One author:
Park, Chris C. (2003). Tropical Rainforests. London: Routledge.

Two authors:
Hunt, Janet & Lucas, Rob. (2004). From Weta to Kauri: A guide to the New Zealand forest. Auckland: Random House.

No author identified:
Gustav Klimt. (2004). London: Grange Books.
or
World Book Encyclopedia: N-O, Vol 14. (2011). Chicago: World Book, Inc.

Edited work:
Nardo, Don (Ed.). (2000). Readings on Othello. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

MAGAZINES / JOURNALS and NEWSPAPERS

Magazine article (signed):
Griffin, Peter. (2012, February 4-10). The disruptive network. New Zealand Listener, 19-24. [where 19-24 = page numbers]
  
Magazine article (unsigned):
Where cool is hot. (2004, September). AdMedia, 19:8, 36-37.
[where 19:8 = Volume & No, 36-37 = page numbers]

Newspaper (signed):
Collins, Simon. (2012, January 27), Numbers on benefits grow over summer. The New Zealand Herald p. A4. [where A4 = Section A, page 4]

Newspaper (unsigned):
Oil key to fried-food safety. (2012, January 27). The New Zealand Herald, p. A6.
[where A6 = Section A, page 6]

INTERNET

The basic format of references is:
Author. Title of item. Retrieved month day, year, from source/URL

Author identifiable:
Hickey, Michael. The Korean War: An overview. Retrieved January 30, 2012, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/coldwar/korea_hickey_01.shtml

No author identifiable:
The Globalisation Website. Retrieved January 30, 2010, from
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/ !

PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS  (letters, e-mail, etc.)

Letters, memos, phone conversations, interviews and e-mails do not provide recoverable data. They are not included in the Reference List, but are cited in the text of the essay or assignment e.g. “the dangers of smoking were outlined (B. Cooper, interview, May 15, 2011) ......”

REFERENCE LIST

At the end of your work add your Reference List, an alphabetical list (by author name, or article title if the author is unknown) of the resources you have quoted or mentioned in your work.

Sample Reference List for an assignment on Hitler’s Germany:

Reference List
Carroll, Penelope (1997, November 22). Low blows hurt Hitler. NZ Herald, p. G4
Collotti, Enzo. (1999). Hitler and Nazism. New York: Interlink Books.
Evans, Richard J. (2003). The Coming of the Third Reich. London: Allen Lane
Harris, Christopher. (1997, Autumn). The rise of the Third Reich. Landfall, 193: 75-76
Hitler and the Holocaust. Retrieved May 22, 2009, from http://www.teacheroz.com/hitler.htm
Lynch, Michael. (2004). Nazi Germany. London: Hodder Arnold.
Who resisted the Third Reich? Retrieved May 22, 2004, from http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/
Woolf, Alex. (2004). Nazi Germany. Lewes: Hodder Wayland.

NOTES

•    Copying other people’s work without acknowledging the source/s is plagiarism, which is considered a serious offence in the academic world.

•    A number of free websites will format your references for you – be sure to select APA style.
eg: Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=&page=instructions
Citation Creation http://www.citationcreation.com/apa/website.html

•    More detailed information and further examples of referencing practice can be found using this link:
King’s College Referencing Guidelines – full version