The basics of a Reference List entry for a Web page or Web document:
Example:
Cancer Council 2017, Causes of cancer, Cancer Council, viewed 21 May 2018, <https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/>.
Material Type | In-text example | Reference List example |
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Website Indirect quote |
Cancer might be caused by smoking, alcohol consumption, dietary and other factors, but is not due to stress (Cancer Council 2017) |
Cancer Council 2017, Causes of cancer, Cancer Council, viewed 21 May 2018, <https://www.cancer.org.au/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/>. |
Webpage: No Author |
(The Guardian view on Jeremy Corbyn and Ireland 2018) Only use the first few words of a page title if it is too long. |
The Guardian view on Jeremy Corbyn and Ireland: all about the border 2018, The Guardian, viewed 24 May 2018, <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/24/the-guardian-view-on-jeremy-corbyn-and-ireland-all-about-the-border>. |
Webpage: No Date |
(Brown n.d.) |
Brown, S n.d., 12 ways to save money by using what you’ve got on hand, viewed 29 May 2018, <https://www.stayathomemum.com.au/my-money/money-saving-tips/dozen-hidden-ways-youre-saving-money-didnt-even-realise/>. Use the abbreviation n.d. for "no date". |
Web Document​ |
(Dugdale et al. 2018) |
Dugdale, S, Holeton, R, Finkelstein, A, Johnston, J & Smith, R 2018, 7 Things you should know about emerging classroom technologies, Educause, viewed 29 June 2018, <https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/4/7-things-you-should-know-about-emerging-classroom-technologies>. |
Web Document Building Code |
Australian Building Codes Board states that there are requirements to become accredited (2017, p.2). |
Australian Building Codes Board 2017, Watermark Certification Scheme, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Canberra, viewed 21 May 2018, <https://www.abcb.gov.au/Resources/Publications/Certification/WaterMark-Brochure>. |
Web Document Government Report |
'The strategy recognised that closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage would require long-term, generational commitment, with effort to be directed across a range of priority areas' (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) 2018, p. 11). |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 2018, Closing the gap - Prime Minister's report 2018, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, viewed 13 February 2019, <https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/reports/closing-the-gap-2018/sites/default/files/ctg-report-20183872.pdf?a=1>. |
Web Document Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Low wealth households have not experienced any real improvement in net worth in more than a decade (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2017). |
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2017, Household income and wealth, Australia, 2015-16, cat. no. 6523.0, ABS, Canberra, viewed 16 March 2018, <http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/ |
Computer Software | (OpenOffice.org 2017) |
OpenOffice.org 2017, computer software, downloaded 17 May 2018, <http://www.openoffice.org>. |