APA STYLE

Referencing examples
Citation in text

APA style was design to appreciate all the writers and it

accepts including seven authors. If the work has more than
seven authors, list the first six authors and then use ellipses
after the sixth authors name. After the ellipses, list the last
authors name of the work.

Referencing examples
a. Printed resources
b. Non-printed resources

One author
Calfee, R. C. (2014). Management. Washington, DC: Pearson.

Rules:
General rules
Do not justify
Label the page of reference as References, centered at the top of
the page. Do not bold, italic or underline the words or
References.
Do not number the references
References
Smidt, S. S. (2006). The developing in the 21st century: A global
perspective on child development. London: Routledge.

Rules for author

Start with family name for author or authors, coma and other
part of the names and, use only the initials of the authors' first
and middle names.
If the name without family names, cite as they are known.

English name
Malay name
Shah
Chinese name
Indian name

: Bradley R. Williams
-> Williams, B. R
: Tan Sri Ibrahim b. Abu Shah -> Ibrahim Abu
: Weng Ling Liu
: Francis Foo Heng Kiong
:Muthu a/l Segaran

->
->
->

Weng, L. L.
Foo, F. H. K.
Muthu Segaran

Two authors
Corelli, R. L., & Valencia, R. R. (2013). Fundamental of
Management. Washington, DC: Pearson.

One to Seven authors

Calfee, R. C., Valencia, R. R., Beebe, S. A., Koda-Kimble, M.
A., Alldredge, B. K., Taber, D. J., & Rhinard, E. E.
(2011). Introduction to chemistry. Philadelphia:
McGraw Hill.
More than seven authors
Koda-Kimble, M. A., Loy, Y. Y., Alldredge, B. K., Corelli, R.
L., Guglielmo, B. J., Kradjan, W. A., Herrier, R. N.
(2013). Applied therapeutics: The clinical use of drugs
and effects. Philadelphia: Thomson.

Rules for title

Use either underline or italic for the title of reference
resources.
Capitalize first alphabet in each words in the Title of journal
and proceedings of meetings except for preposition.
Capitalize only first alphabet for printed title and subtitle.

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a. Printed resources
Resources

Example: References
Author. (Year). Title of book: Capital letter also for

Resources

nd

Book
with
author

Edited
Book, No
Author
Edited
Book
with an
Author
or
Authors

Article
or
Chapter
in an
Edited
Books

subtitle. (2 ed.). Location: Publisher.

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide
to preparing manuscripts for journal
publication.Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Editor/s (Ed/Eds.). (Year). Title of book. Location:
Publisher.
Ash, J. L., & Huckleberry, Y. (Eds.). (2011).
Marketing Strategy: An introduction. New
York, NY: Rusell, Sage Foundation.
Author. (Year). Title of book. Editor (Ed.).
Location: Publisher.
Plath, S. (2000). Textbook of pathology. K. V. Kukil
(Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor.
Writer of the chapter. (Year). Title of chapter. In
Name of Editor (Ed./Eds.), Title of book
(pages of chapter). Location: Publisher.
Beebe, S. J., & Perloff, J. M. (1994). Regulation of
Ovarian steroidgenesis. In Susan J. Beebe
& Mariam Ahmad (Eds.), Hormones and
reproduction in fishes and reptiles.
(pp.117-144). Kuala Lumpur: Putra Press.

Thesis

Resources

Journals

Resources
Newspaper
articles

Example: References
Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad Firdausi (2000). Perancangan
penggunaan computer riba bagi masyarakat
pendalaman Sarawak, Malaysia. (Masters
thesis). Retrieved from Management &
Science University. (142513155235).
Example: References
Herschel, R. T., Hamid Nemati, & Steiger, D. (2001).
Tacit to explicit knowledge conversion:
Knowledge exchange protocols. Journal of
Knowledge Management, 5(1), 107-116.

Example: References
Siti Hajar Abd Aziz (2014, May 13). Desakan
kewangan, tamak antara punca jenayah.
Berita Harian. 30.

Resources
Magazine
articles

Example: References
Mohd. Izhar Ariff Mohd Kashim. (2012, September).
Kita dan tahun baru. Al-Islam, 19, 16-17.

Resources

Example: References
Sturgeon, T. (1995). Feminim. In L. T. Lorimer et
al. (Eds.), The encyclopedia Americana (Vol.
24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

Encyclopedia

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b. Non-printed resources
Resources
Online
Journals
with
DOI

Online
Journals
without
DOI

Resources

Example: References
Anstey, M.H. (2013). Climate change and health
whats the problem?. Globalization and
health, 9 (2), 105-113. DOI:
2113/10.11861/1744-8603-9-4
Carr, D. B., Utzschneider,K. M., Hull, R. L., Keiichi
Kodama, Retzlaff, B. M., & Kahn, S.E.
(2004). Intra-Abdominal Fat Is a Major
Determinant of the National Cholesterol
Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III
Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome. Western
Journal of Nursing Research, 36. 105-113.
Retrieved from
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org

Example: References

Siti Hajar Abd Aziz (2014, May 13). Desakan

Online
kewangan, tamak antara punca jenayah. Berita
Newspaper
Harian. Retrieved from http://www.bharian.com
articles

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