Finding evidence for your health assessment

Reference your evidence

After academic articles have been evaluated and identified as useful for your assessment or research, you need to know how to cite and reference them in the appropriate reference style for your unit.

Check out the Deakin Referencing Guide for detailed instructions and a digital tool to help figure out the reference need you have. If you need more help, ask Study Support, your referencing experts at Deakin.   

Why reference?

Any article you use in your assessment needs to be acknowledged and referenced.

Why do you need to reference? Click on the flipcards to learn more:

Anatomy of 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. 

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