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Australian Standards (Engineering Workbench)

Referencing Standards

Reference elements

Annotated reference example for a standard

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

(Author Year)

OR

Author (Year)

... in relation to scaffolding (Standards Australia 2020). 

OR

Standards Australia (2020) states that scaffolding must ... 
Quote

'...' (Author, Year:Section)

OR

Author (Year:Section) '...'

'Possibility of significant impact ...' (Standards Australia 2020:6.2).

OR

Standards Australia (2020:6.2) states that 'possibility of significant impact ...'
Note:
  • When quoting, use the section number formatted as x.x (e.g. 6.2).

 

Reference

Format applies to standards obtained from the Engineering Workbench database.

Format Example

Author (Year) Standard name, Standard Number, Database.

Standards Australia (2020) Guidelines for scaffolding, AS 4576:2020, Engineering Workbench.

Reference elements

Annotated reference of a standard 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

... (Author, Year)

OR

Author (Year) ...

... in relation to scaffolding (Standards Australia, 2020).

OR

Standards Australia (2020) states that scaffolding must ...

 
Quote

"..." (Author, Year, s. x.x)

OR

Author (Year) "..." (s. x.x)

"Possibility of significant impact ..." (Standards Australia, 2020, s. 6.2).

OR

Standards Australia (2020) states that "possibility of significant impact ..." (s. 6.2).
Note:
  • When quoting, use the section number formatted as s. x.x (e.g. s. 6.2). 
  • In the examples above, s. is the abbreviation for section. 

 

References

Format applies to standards obtained from the Engineering Workbench database.

Format Example

Author. (Year). Title of standards (Standards number). 

 Standards Australia. (2020). Guidelines for scaffolding (AS Standard No. 4576:2020). 
Note:
  • Given that the author and publisher are the same (i.e. Standards Australia), you do not need to include the publisher information at the end of the reference.