Referencing State Referencing State archivesarchives

Lise SummersLise Summers

State Records Office of Western State Records Office of Western AustraliaAustralia

GOVERNMENT OFWESTERN AUSTRALIA

Why reference?Why reference?

· Provides a checklist of references used

· Adds credibility to a published or completed work

· Helps future researchers find the original

reference.

Key elementsKey elements

description of the item; name of the aggregate of

items to which it belongs ; and, the name and location of the

repository that holds this material.

http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/using/citations.html

Description of the itemDescription of the item

Author e.g. US Premier to Minister for Lands; Mrs McGillicuddy to Premier

And/orAgency e.g. WAA 42; Premier’s

Department; Black Flag Police Station

Title e.g. ‘Re referencing archives’, file 2011/1

Aggregate of items or Aggregate of items or collectioncollection

Western Australia Series (WAS) e.g. WAS 50; Ratebooks; Exploration plans

Consignment (Cons) e.g. cons. 3836

Repository informationRepository information

State Records Office of Western Australia

(SROWA)

Footnote examplesFootnote examples

Chicago Manual of Style

Full – Department of Lands and Surveys, “Hon. Premier -

Native Flora Protection Act - to be administered by Minister for Lands,” File, 1913/4205, Cons. 1657, SROWA.

Abbreviated – L&S, 1913/4205, cons. 1657, SROWA

In text referencingIn text referencing

Harvard –

(Lands and Surveys, 1913.)

(Lands and Surveys, 1913/4205)

BibliographyBibliographyMLA

Department of Lands and Surveys. “Hon. Premier - Native Flora Protection Act - to be administered by Minister for Lands.”

“Fauna and flora protection in New South Wales, 1866-1948 - Journal of Australian Studies.” Web. 25 Aug. 2009.

Forests Department. “Flora - general - preservation of wildflowers..”

BibliographyBibliographyChicago

Department of Lands and Surveys. “Hon. Premier - Native Flora Protection Act - to be administered by Minister for Lands.” File, n.d. 1913/4205, Cons. 1657. SROWA.

“Fauna and flora protection in New South Wales, 1866-1948 - Journal of Australian Studies,” n.d. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a911276422~fulltext=713240930.

Forests Department. “Flora - general - preservation of wildflowers..” File, n.d. 00489/F3701 (previously 1968/390), Cons 5677. SROWA.

BibliographyBibliographyHarvard

Fauna and flora protection in New South Wales, 1866-1948 - Journal of Australian Studies. Available at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~content=a911276422~fulltext=713240930 [Accessed August 25, 2009].

State Records Office of Western AustraliaDepartment of Lands and Surveys, Hon. Premier - Native Flora Protection Act - to be administered by Minister for Lands.Forests Department, Flora - general - preservation of wildflowers.

Australian Government Australian Government ManualManual

Archives

Series

(Consignment – not required by the Manual but a help to us!)

Item number

SROWA, WAS 50 – Exploration plans, 001, A.C. Gregory - explorations in Northern Districts No. I, 1848.

SROWA, WAS50, 001. (where volume numbers are SROWA, WAS50, 001. (where volume numbers are repeated in multiple consignments, you should repeated in multiple consignments, you should definitely provide the cons. Number)definitely provide the cons. Number)

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Word bibliographyWord bibliography

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Information SheetInformation Sheet

http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/community/documents/

infosheet-referencing.pdf