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Electronic references

Electronic references

Many documents found online will be best classified as specific source types, e.g. an online newspaper article should be referenced as per the 'newspaper articles' section above.

Websites

General format for reference list

  1. Author A. Title of specific item cited or name of organisation if no title is given. Name of Website. Month DD, YYYY. Updated Month DD, YYYY. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL

Website example

  1. Vecchione A. FDA clears AI-powered cardiac platform for pediatric patients. Cardiovascular Business. 2021. Accessed December 2, 2021. https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/imaging-physiology/fda-clears-ai-powered-cardiac-platform-pediatric-patients

BMJ Best Practice example

  1. Dellavalle RP, Sivesind TE. Acne vulgaris: definition. BMJ Best Practice. Updated April 21, 2021. Accessed November 6, 2021. https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/101

UpToDate example

  1. Abrams CS. Platelet biology. UpToDate. Updated June 11, 2021. Accessed October 9, 2021. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/platelet-biology

Style notes

  • Only include the reference elements you have – if they are not available, omit them from the reference.
  • If the name of the author/s is the same as the name of the website, omit the author from the start of the reference and begin the reference with the title of the page.

EndNote fields for manual entry

Reference element   EndNote field
Author   Author
Title   Title
Name of website   Publisher
Date of publication - Month DD   Date cited
Year of publication - YYYY   Year cited
Updated date – Month DD, YYYY   Last update date
Accessed date – Month DD   Access date
Accessed year – YYYY   Access year
URL   URL

Social media

Social media is constantly evolving and the details available for referencing can differ from traditionally published sources of information. Some examples for referencing social media posts are given below.

YouTube example

  1. American Physical Therapy Association. Move forward: physical therapy brings motion to life. YouTube. April 1, 2010. Accessed September 17, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCKuRIBCDuQ

Style note

  • Sometimes the text of the entire post may be given instead of a title.

EndNote fields for manual entry

Reference element   EndNote field
Author   Username
Title or text of post   Post full text
Date of publication - Month DD, YYYY   Post date
Accessed date – Month DD, YYYY   Access date
URL   URL

Blog example

  1. Mackintosh G. Six characteristics of people who follow through with New Year’s resolutions. Weight Management Psychology blog. January 1, 2021. Accessed January 5, 2021. https://www.weightmanagementpsychology.com.au/six-characteristics-of-people-who-follow-through-with-new-years-resolutions

EndNote fields for manual entry

Reference element   EndNote field
Author   Author
Title of post   Title of entry
Name of blog   Title of weblog
Date of publication - Month DD   Date
Year of publication - YYYY   Year
Blog   Description
Accessed date – Month DD, YYYY   Access date
URL   URL

Software, including AI tools

If AI tools or Large Language Models are used to create content or assist with writing or editing in assignments (where allowed under Bond academic policies), describe in text how the software has been used, e.g. ChatGPT1 was used to reformat the information in Table 1.

General format for reference list

1. Software Name. Version no. Publisher; Year. Accessed Date. URL

ChatGPT example

  1. ChatGPT. Version November 21. OpenAI; 2023. Accessed January 15, 2024. https://openai.com/

EndNote example

  1. EndNote. Version 21.0.1, Build 17232. Clarivate; 2023.

Style note

  • Software companies may differ in the way they describe the version number. In the ChatGPT example above, the version is identified by a date rather than a version number.