PDFs are referenced the same as websites.
Author Surname, A. or Corporate/Group Author. (Date). Title of PDF in italic sentence case. Title of webpage/PDF Publisher. URL
Bates, M. (2012). North America’s nearly-forgotten native vegetable. University of Missouri. http://extension.missouri.edu/platte/documents/horticulture/fruit_veg/JerusalemArtichoke.pdf
Example
Reference list entry
Nursing Council of New Zealand. (2012). Code of conduct for nurses . https://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/Public/Nursing/Code_of_Conduct/NCNZ/nursing-section/Code_of_Conduct.aspx?hkey=7fe9d496-9c08-4004-8397-d98bd774ef1b
In-text citations
Page/paragraph numbers are optional for paraphrased information.
Narrative
The Nursing Council of New Zealand. (NCNZ, 2012) notes ... (p. 11).
Parenthetical
... (Nursing Council of New Zealand, NCNZ, 2012, p. 11).
Referencing a data set
A data set is a table, database or excel spreadsheet containing the results of an investigation, usually in number form with rows and columns.
As above, when referencing a data set downloaded from a webpage, include the URL of the webpage and indicate [Data set] in square brackets after the title. Include the title of the webpage/publisher of the dataset if different from the main author.
Author Surname, A. or Corporate Author. (Date). Title of data set in italic sentence case [Data set]. URL
StatsNZ. (2013). 2013 Census population and dwelling tables [Data set]. https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2013-census-population-and-dwelling-tables
Examples
Reference list entry
StatsNZ. (2013). 2013 Census population and dwelling tables [Data set]. https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2013-census-population-and-dwelling-tables
In-text citations
Page/paragraph numbers are optional for paraphrased information.
Narrative
StatsNZ (2013) details... (p. 6).
Parenthetical
... (StatsNZ, 2013, p. 6).
