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If you adopt/use or adapt and distribute part or all of a JCU Open eBook, then you will need to cite/reference or attribute the work as appropriate. Each JCU Open eBook provides a suggested citation and attribution in the metadata section located at the bottom of the home/landing page of each book. Scroll past the contents and book information sections.

Example metadata section of a JCU Open eBook highlighting the attribution and APA citation of the work.

 

APA citation/reference

 Format

 Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title in sentence case: Subtitle (edition, if not the first). Publisher. URL or DOI

 Example  
 Boulard, F. (2021). Pacific French intermediate workbook. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25120/f6zx-xy6m

 

Learn more about citing/referencing in APA from the JCU Library APA (7th Edition) Referencing Guide.  

 

Attribution

 Format 

 Title, Author, Source1, License (TASL) 

 Title of JCU Open eBook1, © Year by Author, is licensed under a Creative   Commons License2, except where otherwise noted.

 Example  

 Pacific French Intermediate Workbook Copyright © 2021 by Florence   Boulard is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-   NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. 

 

1 Link back to the original material. This can be combined with the ‘Title’ by hyperlinking the title. 

2 Include the correct type of Creative Commons licence and a link to the appropriate deed. 

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