AGLC4 Rule 5.10: Articles Published in Online Journals

Articles in journals published only online are cited like printed articles as far as possible, although volume, issue or starting page may not exist. An article number or other identifier replaces the starting page, and pinpoints follow it after a comma. Where the article is a PDF or similar, the identifier is followed by a colon and the page range of the whole article, then the pinpoint.

AGLC4 page 96

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 96
Article Number/Identifier:Page Range of Article, Pinpoint.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • Elements that the online journal does not have, such as a volume, issue or starting page, are simply omitted.
  • The article number or identifier takes the starting page's place and is reproduced as the source shows it.
  • A pinpoint follows the identifier after a comma and a space, using whatever form suits the article, such as paragraphs or parts.
  • For a PDF or similar, the identifier is followed immediately by a colon and the article's page range, with no space on either side of the colon.
  • The page range covers every page of the PDF version and is joined with an en dash.
  • The pinpoint after the comma is a position within that range and may include a paragraph pinpoint in square brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 96
  1. 22
    Azzurra Annunziata et al, ‘Do Consumers Want More Nutritional and Health Information on Wine Labels? Insights from the EU and USA’ (2016) 8(7) Nutrients 416:1–19, 8.
  2. 23
    Azzurra Annunziata et al, ‘European Consumers’ Interest Toward Nutritional Information on Wine Labeling: A Cross-Country Analysis’ (2015) 5 BIO Web of Conferences 04003:1–5, 4.
  3. 24
    Kate Lewins, ‘What’s the Trade Practices Act Got to Do with It? Section 74 and Towage Contracts in Australia’ (2006) 13(1) eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law 58, 59.
  4. 25
    William van Caenegem, ‘Copyright Liability for the Playing of “Music on Hold”: Telstra Corporation Ltd v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd’ (1996) 2 High Court Review 5:1–7, 4–6 [9]–[12].

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 96
  • ‘1–15’

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.