Assignments hold vital importance for you as a student of an Australian university since it is a major factor on which your grades depend. A well-composed assignment can create a long lasting impression on your professor and reward you with good grades. On the contrary, a poorly written assignment can bring your grades down. In order to make your assignment impressive and up to the mark, you must follow the prescribed citation style. Citation styles are the formats for including quotations, bibliographies, references, etc in your assignment.

Assignment writing becomes tough because the universities are very particular about the citation style and it is difficult for a student to comply with these guidelines. This induces them to seek assignment writing Australia from various sources.
 
You can compose a high-scoring assignment yourself if you have knowledge of these citation styles. There are many citation styles such as Chicago style, MLA style, Harvard style, etc. This article will acquaint you with the most widely accepted citation style known as the APA style.
 
APA Citation Style: What It Is?
 APA stands for American Psychological Association and this is the most widely accepted citation style in Australian universities with frequent uses in assignments related to social science. This does not mean that it is not useful for you to know about it if you are not a social science student. Even if you are not a social science student, its knowledge will be helpful for you as in many universities this is the prescribed style of citation for all the subjects.
 
How to Cite in APA Style?
 Citation in APA style is not a difficult task, Here is the explanation of citing in this style with examples so as to give you a clear picture of citing in APA.
 
1. Citing Standards
For citing standards in APA, you should provide the author’s name, tile of work, source of the information, and standard number in brackets for identification as in the parent document.  
 
Structure: Author(year) Title of standard(standard no.)link to the source of standard.
 
For instance: Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Standards 2016 will be cited as Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Standards (2016) Safety standard ( Standard no.2) link to the source
 
2. Citing a Report
In order to cite a report in APA, you should first write authors name, then the year of report, after that the title of report with the report number (if any), and at last the location of publisher.
 
Structure: Author(year) Title of report(report no.), location of publisher
 
 For instance: Report on external affairs 2018 is cited as Department of external affairs (2018) Report on International Relations (report no 20) Melbourne
 
3. Citing a Book
For citing a textbook in APA, you should first start with author’s last name then give his first name, write the year of publication in brackets, then write the name of a book, and the publisher’s name along with the location.
 
Structure: Author’s name(last name first) (year of publication) book’s name publisher’s name location of the publisher
 
For instance: The Secret River is cited as: Grenville Kate(2005) The Secret River.Text Publishing, Melbourne  
 
 After studying these points, you must be feeling confident to write your assignment. Do keep these points in your mind while citing in APA and you will be able to compose top-notch assignments that fetch you good grades.
 
About the Author: Casey Floyd is an academic writer associated with Global Assignment Help Australia. She spends her time reading and researching about new topics and her helped students a lot by providing them assignment writing services.