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:
Below is a reference for a journal article in APA style; if you haven’t been told what style to use this is a good option. 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.
This interactive activity shows a reference as follows:
Fanelli, D. (2009). How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS ONE, 4(5). Article e5738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005738
A vertical bar appears across the top of the reference and the user can drag the bar right and left to reveal and hide highlighted parts of the reference with labels describing each part.
Author name(s)
Fanelli, D.
Year
2009
Title of article
How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data
Journal title
PLoS ONE
Volume
4
Issue
5
Article number
e5738
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0005738
There are different referencing styles which you may be asked to use in your assessments. The Deakin Referencing Guide provides detailed instructions and a digital tool to help figure out the how to reference need you have. If you need more help, ask Study Support, your referencing experts at Deakin.
Whether you are searching in the Library collection or on a search engine like Google Scholar there is often a "Cite" button you can click on to auto-generate a citation. But always check the details and format of the citation because the machine-generated data can be wrong or missing pieces.