Referencing Reports
At the end of your assignment, essay or project you are required to include a reference list containing the full details of each source. The list should be in alphabetical order and include the author/editor, date, title and publication information. References over one line long should use a hanging indent to indent the second and following lines.
Note: Reports may include government, corporate or organizational reports.
For how to handle multiple authors, see 'Referencing Books'
Online Report
Reference List
New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board. (2017). Examination policy: Consultation outcomes. https://www.mrtboard.org.nz/assets_mrtb/Uploads/MRTB-Exam-Consultation-Outcomes-Apr2019.pdf
First In-text citation
If paraphrasing: (New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board, 2017) If quoting: (New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board, 2017, p. 10)
Subsequent In-text citations
If paraphrasing: (NZMRTB, 2017) If quoting: (NZMRTB, 2017, p. 37)
(if there is a common abbreviation)
Report with Named Authors
Reference List
Meissel, K., Peterson, E., Thomas, S., & Murray, S. (2018). Intentions and decisions about early childhood education: Understanding the determinants of households' early intentions and decisions about ECE and childcare from birth to age 2. Ministry of Social Development. https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/media-releases/2019/children-and-families-research-fund-report-intentions-and-decisions-about-early-childhood-education.pdf
In-text citation
If paraphrasing: (Meissel et al., 2018) If quoting: (Meissel et al., 2018, p. 47)
Annual Report
Reference List
Unitec Institute of Technology. (2019). Annual report 2019. https://www.unitec.ac.nz/sites/default/files/public/documents/unitec-annual-report-2019-spread.pdf
First in-text citation
If paraphrasing: (Unitec Institute of Technology, 2019) If quoting: (Unitec Institute of Technology, 2019, p. 42)
Subsequent in-text citations
If paraphrasing: (Unitec, 2019) If quoting: (Unitec, 2019, p. 28)
(if there is a common abbreviation)
Report which includes a report number
Reference List
Thurston, S. J. (2012). Effect and remediation of the loss of building lateral stiffness caused by earthquake loading (Study Report SR0265). https://www.branz.co.nz/cms_show_download.php?id=f8defa92a13c106a1ae843a704bd6abd43a9260b
In-text citation
If paraphrasing: (Thurston, 2012) If quoting: (Thurston, 2012, p. 17)
Association/Entity Code of Ethics/Code of Practice
Reference List
IT Professionals NZ. (2017). Code of ethics. https://itp.nz/upload/files/ITP%20Code%20of%20Ethics.pdf
In-text citation
If paraphrasing: (IT Professionals NZ, 2017) If quoting: (IT Professionals NZ, 2017, s. 5.2)
(Note: s. stands for 'section')
Authors' names: Reports can be produced by an organisation or Government department, without naming individual people. You should use the organization or department name in place of the author
Multiple authors: The same rules apply as for books
Italics: Only the report title should be in italics. If you are referencing a chapter in a book, the title of the chapter should not be in italics.
Capitalization: The first letter of the first word of a title should be capitalized as should the first letter of the first word of any subtitle. Everything else should be in lower case unless it is a proper noun or an abbreviation that is always written in capitals.
Splitting a URL: If your URL needs to be split do not insert a hyphen. Break the URL before a punctuation mark. Do not add a full stop at the end of the URL as this may appear to be part of the URL and cause retrieval problems.
Secondary Sources: You can only reference information that you have actually seen. If that book or journal article quotes another piece of work that you also want to quote, you need to cite the information as a secondary citation.
For example, you read a book by Sandvoss, in which he quotes Taylor "Ian Taylor's influential analysis (1971) in which he identifies hooliganism as a response to social control..."
If you have not read the item by Taylor you would reference the Sandvoss book.
Sandvoss, C. (2003). A game of two halves: Football, television and globalization. London: Routledge.
In-text citation (as cited in Sandvoss, 2003, p. 2)