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

Author Year/Date, Title, format, other identifying detail OR DOI/URL

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.

Notes on style

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  • Live classes, lectures and presentations: These are not recoverable so are not included in the reference list. Treat as personal communications: (e.g., ‘… in a lecture on chaos theory (M. Green, personal communication, May 1, 2009) …’.
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