Referencing an article can be tricky as an article could be from a print journal , magazine or newspaper. It could also be found in a Library database (which requires a password to access e.g. Proquest) or it could be found in a journal or magazine that is freely available on a website (with no password to access). Use the following to deternine which format to use.
Does it have a doi? (Used by some print, database and website articles)
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Did you find the article in a Library database or on a website requiring a password to access?
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Is the article in a print journal/magazine or newspaper?
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Does the article have an URL?
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Mackin et al. (2018) suggests that…
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(Mackin et al., 2018).
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Mackin, S. T., Nelson, S. M., Kerssens, J. J., Wood, R., Wild, S., Colhoun, H. M., Leese, G. P., Philip, S. M., & Lindsay, R. S. (2018). Diabetes and pregnancy: National trends over a 15 year period. Diabetologia, 61(5), 1081-1088. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-017-4529-3 |
Use this format for articles from print journals/magazines or Library databases. If the article is from a website AND you don't need a password to access, use the Journal article with URL format.
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Wilson et al. (2010) suggests that…
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(Wilson et al., 2010).
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Wilson, P. K. (2010). The art of medicine: Centuries of seeking chocolate's medicinal benefits. The Lancet, 376(9736), 158-159. |
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Lippincott and Cochrane databases |
Articles form the Lippincott and Cochrane databases are treated slightly differently as the articles are only published in these databases. Please see the following for examples:
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Only use an URL if you can access the article without a password. If it is in a library database, do not add the URL.
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"Dicey partnership" (2018)
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("Dicey partnership", 2018). *When a work has no identified author, cite in-text the first few words of the reference entry (usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks if you are referring to the title of an article, chapter or web page.
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Dicey partnership. (2018, Oct 27). New Zealand Listener, 266(4090), 69. |
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Grennell-Hawke and Tudor (2018) OR (Grennell-Hawke & Tudor, 2018) |
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Grennell-Hawke, N., & Tudor, K. (2018). Being Maori and Pakeha: Methodology and method in exploring cultural hybridity. The Qualitative Report, 23(7), 1530-1546. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2934&context=tqr *Do not use this format if the URL is an address that requires a password to access (e.g. a URL pointing to an article database such as Proquest). Instead, use the Article without a doi format. |
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("Atrial electrogram", 2018). OR "Atrial electrogram" (2018) …
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Atrial electrogram. (2019, February 15). Lippincott Procedures: New Zealand Instance. * The Lippincott database contains original content that is only found in the database. Therefore, when referencing from Lippincott, treat it the same as an article without an author or doi. As there is no doi or volume /issue details the full date of the article should be included in your reference. |
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Tucker (2019) suggests that…
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(Tucker, 2019).
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Tucker, J. (2019, January 19). Rising sea may get most of us. Taranaki Daily News, p. 7. |
| Newspaper article with no author |
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("Call to sign", 2019) Shorten the title and enclose in quotation marks
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Call to sign wombat privacy pledge and show some selfie respect. (2019, January 19). Taranaki Daily News, p. 9. |
Use this format (the same as a webpage format) when referencing articles on a online news site such as Stuff or New Zealand Herald. These sites collect news stories from different sources and they publish a range of different newspaper titles.
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Foxcroft says...(2019) OR ...(Foxcroft, 2019) |
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Foxcroft, D. (2020, January 23). Detox teas withdrawn from sale after Consumer NZ investigation. Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118980877/detox-teas-withdrawn-from-sale-after-consumer-nz-investigation |
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