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CQU APA Referencing Guide

A practical APA 7 checklist for CQUniversity students preparing essays, reports and research-based assessments.

Reviewed 2026-09-23Australia & UK student resource

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A practical APA 7 checklist for CQUniversity students preparing essays, reports and research-based assessments.

Check your unit guide first

Referencing requirements can vary by unit or discipline. Use the current assessment instructions supplied by CQUniversity as your final check.

In-text citations

Use the author-date approach for paraphrased ideas and include the required location information for direct quotations when available.

Reference-list checks

Verify authors, publication dates, titles, source type, DOI or URL and consistency between in-text citations and the reference list.

Final review

Check every citation against the reference list and remove unused references before submission.

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