• APA 7th - introduction
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The referencing style required for the Bachelor of Human Nutrition units is APA 7th (American Psychological Association - 7th edition). It is an author-date style. This means it uses in-text citations (author, year)  to acknowledge the author(s) of ideas and quotes included in the body of the assignment. The details of these citations are then included in a reference list, organised alphabetically and formatted accordingly to the rules at the end of the assignment.

Information about why you need to reference is available in the Referencing & Plagiarism guide.

Visit  VU EasyRef, an interactive referencing tool, or check the Referencing Library Guide. They provide information referencing and examples of in-text citations, the reference list and various reference types in APA Style.

Further APA referencing examples can be found on the American Psychological Association APA Style website

A basic reference list entry for a journal article in APA must include:

• Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
• Year of publication of the article (in round brackets).
• Article title.
• Journal title (in italics).
• Volume of journal (in italics).
• Issue number of journal in round brackets (no italics).
• Page range of article.
• DOI or URL
• The first line of each citation is left adjusted. Every subsequent line is indented 5-7 spaces.

Example: 

Ruxton, C. (2016). Tea: Hydration and other health benefits. Primary Health Care, 26(8), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.2016.e1162

This series of videos takes you through the fundamentals of the APA Referencing style. Refer to the VU APA Referencing Guide for examples of in-text referencing and more information.

APA referencing: the basics from Victoria University Library on Vimeo.

Select the 'cc' on the video to turn on/off the captions.

APA Referencing: journal articles

APA Referencing: Books and e-books

APA Referencing: web content