General Rules

Single Last name first, followed Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality

Author by author and social
development. Current Directions
initials. in Psychological
Science, 11, 7-10.

Two List by their last names Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994).
Authors and initials. Mood
Use the ampersand (&) management across affective
instead of states: The hedonic
contingency hypothesis. Journal of
"and." Personality &
Social Psychology, 66, 1034-1048.

List by last names and Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C.

Three to Six initials; R., Berry, A., &
commas separate Harlow, T. (1993). There's more to
Authors author names, self-esteem than
while the last author whether it is high or low: The
name is importance of stability
preceded again by of self-esteem. Journal of
ampersand (&). Personality and Social
Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

More Than If there are more than Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G.,
Six six authors, Hoffman, D., DeNiro,
list the first six as above R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writing
Authors and then labs and the
"et al.," which stands for Hollywood connection. Journal of
"and Film and Writing,
others." Remember not
to place a 44(3), 213-245.
period after "et" in "et
al."

Author -
Malay Omit bin/binti Asmah Binti Omar
Names
Cite as
(without
family
Asmah Omar. (1991). Kemahiran
names) berbahasa. Kuala
Lumpur: Penerbitan Pustaka
Antara.

Author - First name first,

Chinese followed by author Chu Chin Ning
Names initials.
Cite as
Chu, C. N. (1995). Simulated counter-
 current adsorption
processes; A comparison of
modeling strategies.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 56,
59-65.

Author - Family names followed

Chinese by the Vincent Foo Hiap Khian
initials of the English
Names with name and the
English
Names author initials Cite as
Foo, V. H. K. (1983). Sarawak: Mini
episodes of the

Author-
Indian & Omit d/o, s/o, a/l, a/p Narrayani a/p Jeganathan.
Sikh Names
Cite as
(without
family
names) Narrayani Jeganathan. (2009).

Inherited
Names Cite as it is Raja Ahmad Niza.

Cite as

Raja Ahmad Niza. (2009).

Conferred
titles Omit title Tun Mahathir Mohamad

Cite as

Mahathir Mohamad

Cite under state and Pahang, Jabatan Alam Sekitar.

Local followed by (2009).
Governmen the name of department
t in Malay
Institution
as
Author

Cite under state or New Zealand, Department of External

Foreign country and Affairs. (2009).
Governmen
t followed by the name of
Institution
as department in English
Author

If the name starts with

Unique Foundation Yayasan Sabah. (2009).
Corporate (Yayasan), Board
Body (Lembaga), cite
Names as it is given
Organizatio American Psychological Association.
n as (2003).
Author

Do not include the

Conference numbers Fifth Asia-Pacific Physics Conference
Names with
Numbers Cite as

Asia-Pacific Physics Conference

Unknown Merriam-Webster's collegiate

Author dictionary (10th
ed.).(1993). Springfield, MA:
Merriam-Webster.