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APA Referencing: Other - Brochures, Course Handouts

Brochures, Pamphlets or Posters

In-text citation

Health New Zealand (2024) informs ...

or

... (Health New Zealand, 2024).

Reference list entry

Health New Zealand. (2024). It's easy to protect your family's smile [Brochure]. https://cdn.accentuate.io/5313723072670/11408390422661/HE2248-Let-Talk-Teeth_2024_WEB-(1)-v1721623814287.pdf

  • Follow the title with a description of the format [Pamphlet] [Brochure] [Poster]
  • When the author and the publisher are the same, omit the publisher from the reference to avoid repetition

Course Handouts

Moodle

If the information is from a copyright-cleared scan or is a link to a resource that has been uploaded to Moodle, follow the referencing guidelines for that particular source e.g. book, journal article, chapter in an edited book etc

Course handout (PowerPoint, lecture notes)

Course material can be cited as they are recoverable by the tutor and other students enrolled in that course. 

In-text citation

Stenger (2018) listed the ...
...(Stenger, 2018). 

Reference list entry

Stenger, T. (2018, February 22). SMART goals [PowerPoint slides]. Moodle. https://moodle.whitireia.ac.nz/

  • Author is the creator of the resource (Often the tutor)
  • The date is when the lecture was given
  • Include a description of the format in square brackets after the title [Handout] [Lecture notes] [PowerPoint].
  • The source is the platform the resource is availabe on i.e. a learning management system like Moodle. If your reader is able to access the resource, provide the name of the site and its URL

 

Useful links

Whitireia/WelTec Learning Support Guides

Assignment Writing - Covers plagiarism, paraphrasing

Tūāpapa Online Study Hub Modules. To access go to Moodle:

Click here if you are a Whitireia student. 

Click here if you are a Weltec student. 

  • Log in if prompted
  • Click Academic Communication, then Introduction to APA and Plagiarism & Academic Integrity

Referencing Tools 

APA Interactive, Massey University

APA Style Blog

Referencite, University of Auckland

Referencing software

Mendeley 

Zotero

Plagiarism

Avoiding plagiarism guide 

Hill, D. J. (2015). A beginners' guide to plagiarism: What is plagiarism and how can you avoid it? Ako Aotearoa.  https://ako.ac.nz/assets/Knowledge-centre/RHPF-c57-A-beginners-guide-to-plagiarism/PRACTICAL-GUIDE-BOOK-A-Beginners-Guide-to-Plagiarism.pdf