4.3 Recording information for referencing

By accurately recording information for referencing, you ensure your ability to find the information again with minimum effort and anxiety. It will also help you to cite and reference the information correctly for your assignment.

If you are having trouble finding specific details for your reference, try looking in:

• the Library catalogue - this has all author, year, title and publishing details needed to construct a reference
• My loans and holds - for books you have borrowed, see 4.2 Strategies for managing your information.
• Quick Find, if you know the title of the book/article/etc.
• Library databases
• Google

These are common examples of references in APA style. Further examples and styles are available from QUT cite|write.

A book

To reference a book, the details required are:

An ebook

To reference an ebook , the details required are:

A book chapter

To reference a book chapter, the details required are:

A journal article

To reference an electronic journal article, the details required are:

A web page

To reference a web page, the details required are: