LibGuides: Finding Academic Articles (School of IT): 5.Reference an article

5. Reference an article

Why reference?

Any article you use in your assessment must be referenced. Click on the flipcards to learn why it’s important to reference:

Acknowledge original author

It acknowledges the original author of the article and ideas you have used. This helps you to avoid plagiarism.

Academic integrity

Referencing is good practice and is a way of demonstrating academic integrity.

Allow follow-up

It allows your readers to follow up any of the sources you have referred to.

Demonstrates breadth

It reflects the breadth of reading and research undertaken for your assessment.

There are different referencing styles which you may be asked to use for your assessment. See the Deakin Referencing Guide for detailed referencing instructions. If you need help, ask Study Support, your referencing experts at Deakin!

Anatomy of a reference

Below is an APA7 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 below to discover the names for the different parts of this reference.

Activity overview

This interactive activity shows a reference in the APA7 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

Alonso-Silverio, G. A., Pérez Escamirosa, F., Bruno-Sanchez, R., Ortiz-Simon, J. L., Muñoz Guerrero, R., Minor-Martinez, A., & Alarcón-Paredes, A. (2018). Development of a laparoscopic box trainer based on open source hardware and artificial intelligence for objective assessment of surgical psychomotor skills. Surgical Innovation, 25(4). 380 - 388. https://doi.org/10.1177/1553350618777045

Parts of the reference

Authors: Alonso-Silverio, G. A., Pérez Escamirosa, F., Bruno-Sanchez, R., Ortiz-Simon, J. L., Muñoz Guerrero, R., Minor-Martinez, A., & Alarcón-Paredes, A.

Year of publication: 2018

Title of the article: Development of a laparoscopic box trainer based on open source hardware and artificial intelligence for objective assessment of surgical psychomotor skills.

Journal title (format in italics): Surgical Innovation

Volume (format in italics): 25

Issue: 4

Page numbers: 380-388

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/1553350618777045

Referencing an article

Activity: Referencing an article

Time to put your understanding of APA7 referencing to use!

Drag the elements of the journal article reference into the correct order for the APA7 Referencing Style.

Tip

Look at the Deakin referencing guides available for the preferred style in your unit.