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Harvard (author-date) style examples

Statistics from ABS

Elements of the citation

Name of agency as author Year of publication, Title of publication - in italics, Catalogue number, Name of publisher, Place of publication, date of viewing, database name, <URL>.

Citing example: In text:

The table included in Australian social trends 2004, (ABS, 2004, p. 192) gives an overview of the current composition of Australia's population.

Note: If you use the acronym ABS, include a see reference in your reference list.

Reference list
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004, Australian social trends 2004, Cat. no. 4102.0, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, viewed 10th December, 2004, AusStats, <http://www.abs.gov.au>.

Note: The AusStats database offers access to ABS publications which are not freely available on the web, so the database name is given rather than just the URL.

See reference

ABS - see Australian Bureau of Statistics.

 

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