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CQUniversity referencing guides

CQUniversity's Referencing Policy for Undergraduate Programs states that each School will nominate a referencing style to be used by students in the School's courses.

The styles nominated by the various Schools are:

  • Harvard (author-date) based on:
    Commonwealth of Australia 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, rev. Snooks & Co., John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane. Please note that the Harvard guide has been updated.
  • American Psychological Association (APA) abridged guide based on:
    American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Turabian (Notes-Bibliography) based on:
    Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
  • Australian guide to legal citation based on:
    Melbourne University Law Review Association 2010, Australian guide to legal citation, 3rd edn, Melbourne University Law Review, Melbourne.

To find out which referencing style you should use in your course, read the assessment section of your course profile.