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Referencing

In your assignments, you need to reference the sources of information you have used correctly to:

  • Avoid plagiarism
  • Support an argument by referring to an authoritative source
  • Allow the reader to find and check a source

Use the guides below to reference in a particular style.

The reference management tools below make saving your references and generating reference lists in various styles easy.

Our guides to referencing styles

AGLC

Faculty of Law uses Australian Guide to Legal Citation (‘AGLC’) for most assignments and research papers. Check with your teacher if you are unsure.

Read more about AGLC

APA

Used in social science disciplines. APA is an author-date style. The guide covers:

  • in-text
  • in a reference list
Read more about APA

Chicago

The Chicago Manual of Style describes two types of referencing styles.

Based on the Notes and Bibliography style, (Chapter 14) of the 17th edition.

Read more about Chicago

Harvard (AUS)

'Harvard Style' refers to any referencing style using author-date format for in-text citations.

Read more about Harvard (AUS)

Vancouver (AMA)

Used in medical & scientific disciplines. Based on AMA Manual of Style, 11th Edition with minor additions to reflect assignment requirements.

Read more about Vancouver (AMA)

Other referencing resources

In many cases the guides above will be enough to get your referencing right. But if you want more comprehensive guides to authorship here are some more ideas:

Library Search

Style manuals

Check out these style manuals and other guides to writing from the Library's resources.

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Citation styles

Find and learn about more citation styles from plagiarism.org

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Read more about Citation styles

Reference management tools

Reference management tools allow you to store and manage the references that you gather in the course of your research. Most of these tools share the following common features:

  • References can be added manually, by importing a PDF or a reference from a database
  • Organise your references into groups or folders
  • Share your references with other people
  • Create a reference list in a chosen referencing style
  • Insert in-text references in a chosen referencing style while writing in Microsoft Word

Contact your faculty librarian for individual help and support.  Alternatively, you could organise a workshop for your group.

Faculty librarian contacts

  • CostFree for Bond staff and students within Bond's licence.
    Bond campus computers
    • Installed on student computers
    • Available for staff from the Company Portal
    Desktop or onlineDesktop based with an online extension
    Operating systemsWindows, MacOS, Linux, iOS 
    StorageUnlimited
    Word processor
    • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for Windows: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
    • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for macOS: 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
    • LibreOffice [CWYW] for Windows 4.x, 5.x, 6.x[32-bit]
    Sharing references
    • Share a library as read-and-write or read-only with up to 399 people
    • Unlimited number of read-and-write or read-only libraries shared to you

    Go to the EndNote Guide

  • CostFree with additional storage provided under Bond's Institutional membership.
    Bond campus computers
    • Not installed on student computers
    • Available for staff from the Company Portal
    Desktop or onlineDesktop and online
    Operating systemsWindows, MacOS, Linux, iOS
    Storage
    • 2 GB (Free version)
    • 100 GB (Bond Institutional Edition)
    Word processor
    • Windows - Word 2016, Word 2019, Office 365
    • MacOS - Word 2016, Word 2019, Office 365
    • iOS - Microsoft Word for iPad
    • Web Versions - Word Online, Office 365
    Sharing references
    • Free account - create up to 5 groups and share with up to 25 people (100 MB shared across all groups)
    • Bond Institutional Edition - share unlimited groups with up to 100 people

    Go to the Mendeley Guide

  • CostFree for Bond staff and students within Bond's subscription.
    Bond campus computersRefWorks Citations Manager (RCM) is installed on Bond computers for staff and students.
    Desktop or onlineOnline
    Operating systemsNot applicable
    Storage100 GB
    Word processor
    • Windows - Word 2010-2021 or Office 365
    • Mac - Word 2016–2021 or Office 365
    • GoogleDocs
    Sharing referencesShare groups or whole projects.

    Go to the RefWorks Guide

  • CostFree and open source with a small fee (paid by user) for additional storage.
    Bond campus computers
    • Not installed on student computers
    • Available for staff from the Company Portal
    Desktop or onlineDesktop and online
    Operating systemsWindows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
    Storage
    • 300 MB (Free account)
    • 2 GB (Paid options beginning at USD $20/year)
    Word processor
    • Windows - Word 2010-2021 or Office 365, excluding Word 2010 Starter Edition
    • Mac - Word 2016–2021 or Office 365
    • LibreOffice - LibreOffice 5.2 or later
    • GoogleDocs
    Sharing referencesShare private groups, public closed groups or public open groups.

    Go to the Zotero Guide

CostFree for Bond staff and students within Bond's licence.
Bond campus computers
  • Installed on student computers
  • Available for staff from the Company Portal
Desktop or onlineDesktop based with an online extension
Operating systemsWindows, MacOS, Linux, iOS 
StorageUnlimited
Word processor
  • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for Windows: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
  • Microsoft Word [CWYW] for macOS: 2016, 2019, 2021, Office 365 (locally installed desktop version only)
  • LibreOffice [CWYW] for Windows 4.x, 5.x, 6.x[32-bit]
Sharing references
  • Share a library as read-and-write or read-only with up to 399 people
  • Unlimited number of read-and-write or read-only libraries shared to you

Go to the EndNote Guide