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Referencing for Communication and Creative Arts

Referencing styles

The APA 7 referencing style is recommended for some Communication and Creative Arts units. This style includes templates for a wide variety of resource types and is easy to follow. 

At times, other referencing styles may be used and accepted in assessments. Always refer to your assessment guide.


Anatomy of an APA reference

Below is an APA reference for a journal article. The reference contains different parts arranged in a set order. Knowing the names of these will help you track down articles for your research. It will also help you reference correctly.

Drag the slider left and right to discover the names for the different parts of this reference.


 

Activity overview

This activity shows a reference in the APA style with a vertical slider bar that can be dragged left and right to reveal and hide the names for the different parts of the reference.

Reference

Protopapa, E., & Georgelou, K. (2021). Meeting on paper: Dramaturgy as a practice of lateral movement. Performance Research, 26(4), 118-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2021.2005969

Parts of the reference

Author(s)

Protopapa, E., & Georgelou, K.

Year

2021

Title of the article

Meeting on paper: Dramaturgy as a practice of lateral movement

Journal title (format in italics)

Performance Research

Volume (format in italics)

26

Issue

4

Page numbers

118-123

URL OR DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2021.2005969