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Referencing (TAFE)

Reference List

The reference list comes at the end of your assignment on a new page and provides the full details of the different sources you have cited in your assignment.  This includes the WHO, WHEN, WHAT and WHERE of your sources.

Generally, this means:

  • WHO = author or authors, editors, or other creators of material
  • WHEN = date of publication
  • WHAT = title of work, including subtitle where listed (this may also include details like volume and issue number for journal articles)
  • WHERE = publisher name or URL

It is important that you use the same format consistently in all of your references.  For example, use of capitals, punctuation and italics as outlined in this guide.  This is the same formatting that your teacher will be checking and marking against.

The reference list:

  • starts on a new page at the end of your assignment
  • uses the heading References (centred on the page)
  • is arranged alphabetically by author’s surname, the organisation’s name or title of the source where there is no listed author
  • if you have more than one work by the same author, list them in date order
  • each reference begins on a new line
  • is double spaced between each entry
  • is aligned to the left margin of the page
  • follows the correct punctuation and italicisation outlined in this guide
  • uses brackets/parentheses around the year of publication
  • uses the abbreviation ‘n.d.’ (meaning no date) if the date of publication is unknown
  • uses the initials of all given names without spaces or punctuation in between e.g. Mohammed Abdullah Al Shamsi will be listed Al Shamsi MA

Every entry in your reference list should have a corresponding in-text citation in the body of your assignment.

Notes:

1.  Degrees, qualifications, and titles are not included in the reference list entry.  For example, Professor Mary Chiarella, AM, RN, LLB (Hons), PhD, FACN, FRSM will be listed as Chiarella M in the reference list entry for the book Law for Nurses and Midwives.

2. While there are no specified guidelines for line spacing with Harvard reference lists, we recommend that you follow the information that is specified in your assessment task.

 

Sample Reference List

Note: the sample reference list below uses single line spacing for convenience and display purposes only.  Reference lists are to be written with double line spacing between each entry.

References

Arthur L, Beecher B, Death E, Dockett S and Farmer S (2021) Programming and planning in early childhood settings, 8th edn, Cengage Learning Australia, South Melbourne.

Blaszczyk RL and Wubs B (eds) (2018) The fashion forecasters: a hidden history of color and trend prediction, Bloomsbury Publishing, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tafeqld/detail.action?docID=5173421.

Queensland Health, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council (2024) Chronic conditions manual: prevention and management of chronic conditions in rural and remote Australia, 3rd edn, Queensland Health website, accessed 9 December 2024, https://www.ccm.health.qld.gov.au/.

Silva M (2020) My tidda, my sister: stories of strength and resilience from Australia’s first women, Hardie Grant Travel, Richmond.

Social Care Institute for Excellence (6 June 2015) Dementia from the inside [video], YouTube, accessed 9 December 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erjzl1WL8yQ&t=7s.

Staunton PJ and Chiarella M (2024) Law for nurses and midwives, 10th edn, Elsevier Australia, Chatswood.

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