Journal title: The Journal Title is in italics, and title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).
Article title: The article title is in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Use capitalisation for proper nouns.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(issue): page number(s).
Wharton, N. 1996. Health and safety in outdoor activity centres. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 12(4): 8-9.
Author One, Two, Three, Four, Five & Six. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(issue): page number(s).
Garnevska, E., Joseph, H. & Kingi, T. (2014). Development and challenges of cocoa cooperatives in Papua New Guinea: Case of Manus province. Asia Pacific Business Review, 20(3): 419-438.
List the first six authors' names, then add et al.
Author One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, et al. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(issue): page number(s).
Anderson, J. M., Anderson, H. M., Archangelsky, S., Bamford, M., Chandra, S., Dettmann, M. et al. (1999). Patterns of Gondwana plant colonisation and diversification. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 28(1): 145-167.
Surname, Initials. Date. Article Title. Journal Title, volume(issue number): page numbers. (Date accessed, from Database).
Sopensky, E. 2002. Chocolate makes money, Business Journal. 3(1): 20-24. (accessed April 14, 2004, from ProQuest database).
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name, publication date and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... services closer to home (Bishop, 2024: 23).
Narrative citation: If you use the author’s name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication and page number/s in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. Bishop (2024: 43) argued that time was ...
... the economic cost of motor vehicle accidents caused by sleepiness (Leger 1994: 91).
Sleep deprivation, according to Leger (1994: 85), also leads to higher rates of work-related injuries.
When the title is part of the sentence, use italics and title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).
Companies are more successful with leaders whose skills fit the particular challenges of the job (When Hiring Execs 2017: 20).
The article When Hiring Execs (2017: 20) suggests that you ascertain personality attributes, skills and appropriate experiences of executives as leaders before hiring.