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JOURNAL OF AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING

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Quick Guide to the APA Referencing Style (6th Edition)


EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE BY TYPE In referece list Journal article (1 author) In-text citation

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Fatimah, M.A. (1980). Paddy and rice marketing: Structure, (Fatimah, 2009) conduct and performance. PERTANIKA, 5(2), 164-177. 2. Journal article (2 authors) (Bisant & Fatimah, Bisant K. & Fatimah M.A. (2008). The broiler chicken industry in 2008) Malaysia:Some evidences on the structure, conduct and performance. Journal of Agribusiness Marketing, 1, 35-60. or Bisant and Fatimah (2008) recommend 3. First citation: (Siohong, Azhar & Siohong T., Azhar A. & Mohd Fauzi M.J. (2008). Distribution Mohd Fauzi, 2009) channel of tropical fruits in the Netherlands market. Journal of Agribusiness Marketing, 1, 61-83. Subsequent citations: (Siohong et al., 2009) Journal article (3 -5 authors) Journal article (6 -7 authors) Arvola, A, Vassallo, M., Dean, M., Lampila, P., Saba, A., (Arvola et al., 2007) Lahteenmaki, R., & Shepherd, R. (2007). Predicting intentions to purchase organic food: The role of affective and moral attitudes in the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Appetite, 50(2-3), 443- 454.

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Journal article (8 or more authors) Godfray, H.C.J., John R.B., Ian R.C., Lawrence, H., David, L., (Godfray et al., 2010) James F.M., Jules P., Sherman R.,Sandy M.T., & Camilla, T.(2010). Food security: The challenge of feeding 9 billion people. Science, 327(5967), 812-818.

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Journal article (online) Crystal, J.D., & Foote, A.L. (2009). Metacognition in animals. (Crystal & Foote, Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 4, 1-16. 2009) Retrieved from http://psyc.queensu.ca/ccbr

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Magazine article Irfan, S. (2009, May). The global halal food industry. 36-38. Note: Full date is used for weekly magazines; month and year for monthly magazines Magazine article online Hutson, B. (2009, August). A unique consumer market.Black (Hutson, 2009) Enterprise, 40(1), 52. Retrieved from http://www.blackenterprise.com (Irfan, 2009)

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Newspaper article print version Hartevelt, J.(2007,December 20). Boy Racers. The Press. P.3. Note: Include p. or pp. before the number- for newspapers only, not magazines (Hartevelt, 2007)

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Online Newspaper articles: Becker.E. (2001, August 27). Prairie farmers reap conservations (Becker, 2001) rewards. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

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Newspaper article no author/discontinuous pages Scientists say music manipulates shoppers. (2000, September 14). (Scientists say. 2000) The Ottawa Citizen, pp. A1, A20.

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Book Bain,

J.S. (1956). Barriers to New Cambridge:Havard University Press.

Competition. (Bain, 1956)

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Electronic Book Doh, J.P. & Stumpf, S.A. (2005). Handbook on responsible (Doh & Stumpf, leadership and governance in global business. 2005) Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Retrieved from http://www.netlibrary.com

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Edited Book Helber, L.E. (1995). Redeveloping mature resorts for new (Helber, 1995) markets. In M.V. Conlin & T.Baum (Eds.), Island tourism: Management principles and practice (pp.105-113). or Chichester, England: John Wiley. Helber (1995) Note: Include the page numbers of the chapter after the book title. compares luxury resorts th Book or report by a corporate author/n edition First citation: e.g. organization, association, government department (American American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual Psychological th of the American Psychological Association (6 ed.).Washington, Association [APA], 2009) DC: Author. Note: When the author and the publisher are the same, use Author Subsequent citations: in the publisher field. (APA,2009) Article or chapter in an edited book Rasmusson, A.M., & Friedman, M.J. (2002). Gender issues in the neurobiology of PTSD. In R.Kimerling, P. Ouimette, & J. Wolfe (Eds.), Gender and PTSD (pp. 43-75). New Yorj, NY: The Guilford Press. (Rasmusson & Friedman, 2002)

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Thesis Ahmad Hanis, I.A.H. (2010). Consumer demand for selected fresh (Ahmad Hanis, 2010) food attributes in Malaysia (Unpublished Masters Thesis). Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.

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Course Handout/Lecture notes Salter, G. (2007). Lecture 3: SPLS205-07A [PowerPoint slides]. (Salter, 2007) Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato. Note: Put format in square brackets e.g. [PowerPoint slides] [Lecture notes]

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Webpages (When multiple webpages are referenced, reference the homepage) Statistics New Zealand. (2007). New Zealand in profile 2007. Retrieved from http://www.stats.govt.nz Note: Author (could be organization). Date (either date of publication or latest update), document title, date retrieved if contents are likely to change, URL. (Statistics New Zealand, 2007)

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Personal Communication (letter, telephone conversations, emails, interviews) Note: No reference list entry as the information is not recoverable. Conference paper online

(H.Clarke, personal communication, March 19, 2004)

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Mohd Fauzi, M.J. (2010, February). Potential of selected (Mohd Fauzi, 2010) Malaysian tropical fruits in Europe: Strategic framework to penetrate EU Market. Paper presented at Agribusiness Marketing Conference 2010. Retrieved from http://www.fama.gov.my/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=12da0 bd0-8065-4cb8-be8e-4fd0befc27a0&groupId=3085873 22. Government annual report British Columbia Ministry of Health (2002) . Provincial Health (British Columbia Officerss annual report. Victoria, BC: Author. Retrieved from Ministry of Health, http://www.hls.gov.bc.ca/pho/pdf/phoannual2002.pdf 2002) 23. Data table online, from E-stat Statistics Canada. (2006a). Average hours per week of television (Statistics Canada, viewing, by selected age groups, annual. (Table 502-0002). 2006a) Retrieved from http://estat.statcan.gc.ca 24. Statistics Canada document online Statistics Canada (2006b). Business dynamics in Canada, 2003. Ottawa, ON: Author. Retrieved from http://www.statcan.ca/English/freepub/61-534-XIE/61-534XIE2006001.htm 25. Technical or research Report Retrieved from database Datamonitor. (2009). Research in Motion Limited: Company (Datamonitor, 2009) Profile. Retrieved from (Statistics Canada, 2006b)

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