Citing and referencing: University course materials

A guide to the styles recommended by Monash schools and departments for students and researchers

University Course materials

Source from a university unit reader, print  

*These are collections of sources. Follow appropriate rules (book, article etc.,) for each source in the collection

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Fredericks, B 2010, 'Reempowering ourselves: Australian Aboriginal women', Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol.35, no.3, pp. 546-550.
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Fredericks (2010) argues that white women act to preserve their dominant status.
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The current marginalisation of Aboriginal women continues colonial practices (Fredericks 2011, p. 546). 
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Fredericks (2011, p. 548) asserts that indigenous perpsectives have been distorted, erased and altered'.  
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Feminism 'can be one vehicle among many' for aboriginal women (Fredericks 2011, p549).
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Course materials produced by the lecturers, print

*citing course materials is NOT usually acceptable
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Squire, D 2001, 'McCall's Softwarre Quality checklist', CSE3308 - Software Engineering: Analysis and Design, Lecture 11A materials, Semester 1, 2001, Monash University. 
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Squire (2001) demonstrates and assesses McCall's method.
Paraphrasing - Information prominent McCall attempted to quantify software quality (Squire 2001).
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Squire (2001, p.1) comments that 'unfortunately, many of the metrics McCall defined for these purposes can only be defined subjectively'.
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'It is difficult, and in some cases impossible to develop direct measures of the above quality factors'. (Squire 2001, p.1).    
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Course materials produced by the lecturers, online
*citing course materials is NOT usually acceptable

Reference list Soo-Han, G & Gray, L 2011, ATS1279 Media and Culture: topic summaries, online course materials, Semester 1, 2011, Monash University

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Soo-Han and Gray (2011, p.7) suggest that media and its reception rely on wider contextual factors.
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Paraphrasing - Information prominent A focus on how news is manufactured gives insights into the values and perceptions promulgated (Soo-Han & Gray 2011, p. 10).
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Quoting - Author prominent Soo-Han and Gray (2011, p. 7) indicate that 'there is some research pointing to blogs/weblogs as a potential fifth estate because bloggers are independent producers of information'.
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'The “propaganda model” of the media argues that the media function as a vehicle of propaganda for the ruling elite' (Soo-Han & Gray 2011, p. 5).
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