AGLC4 Rule 7.2.1: Research Papers, Theses and Similar Documents: General Rule
Cite such a document by its author, its title in quotation marks, and a bracket giving the document type or series with any number, the institution or forum, and the date, then any pinpoint. When an organisation publishes a paper that prominently credits a person, the person is the author and the organisation moves into the bracket. Copy the document type as the source words it and give a number only when one is prominent.
AGLC4 page 110
Format
Quoted from the Guide, page 110A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.
Formatting
- The author is roman and followed by a comma.
- The title is roman and enclosed in single curly quotation marks; a quotation within the title uses double curly quotation marks.
- A space follows the closing quotation mark and then an opening round bracket; there is no comma between the title and the bracket.
- The bracket gives, in order, the document type or series, then No and the number where one is prominent, a comma, the institution or forum, a comma, and the date.
- The institution is given from the most specific unit to the umbrella body, separated by commas, as rule 4.1.4 requires.
- The date is given as fully as the document allows, which may be only a month and year or only a year.
- The pinpoint follows the closing bracket after a space, and a URL may follow in angle brackets.
- The citation ends with a full stop.
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.