Lecture or class material
In-text citations
Paraphrasing
According to Hull and Drennon (2011, February 17) Plants lose 95% of their moisture through the stomata spore ...
Direct quote
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A stomata is "a microscopic spore in the epidermis of a plants" (Hull & Drennon 2011, February 17).
Reference list
Template
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Examples
Online document or file
Hull, B & Drennon, D 2011, February 17, Stomata density, PowerPoint slides, online course materials, February 17, 2011, SlideShare, available from https://www.slideshare.net/BreanaHull/stomata-density-denzelbreana-6963546
Online lecture
Lucas, J 2012, September 4, Drought tolerant plants: Introductory lecture, video file, online course materials, viewed 30 February 2016, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v6GNvGWIL5
Print handout
Huang, L 2012, March 5, The cost of retribution, lecture handout, Ethics 123, Central University, Townsville.
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