1. APA Citation Style
In-text Citation
By: Noorazalia Izha Haron

3. Documentation of Sources

4. When
referring to an IDEA THAT IS NOT
OUR OWN (one that has been drawn
from another source), cite the idea as
someone else’s.
Example:
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (Jones, 2005).
When to cite?

5. Order
of the citation: in parenthesis, the
author’s name, a comma, and the year of
publication:
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (Jones, 2005).
Author’s name
Year of
publication
The Order of Citation

6. APA Style
IEEE Style
Full name: Aaron Brown
Full name: Aaron Brown
…(Brown, 2008)
According to Brown (2008), …
…[1]
According to [1], …
Full name: Anita binti Sarawak
Full name: Anita binti Sarawak
…(Anita, 2009)
Anita (2009) states …
…[2]
[2] states …
Full name: Tan Boon Keong
Full name: Tan Boon Keong
…(Tan, 2010)
Tan (2010) found …
…[3]
[3] found …
Full name: Priyanka Chopra
Full name: Priyanka Chopra
…(Priyanka, 2011)
Priyanka (2011) suggests …
…[4]
[4] suggests …
Various Authors’ Names

7. You
MUST cite the source each time you
draw from it; not just the first time you
use it in a text.
When to cite?

8. Important:
if you DIRECTLY QUOTE a
text, you must put the quote in
QUOTATION MARKS:
◦ “Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department” according to one source (Jones,
2005, p. 48).
Direct quotation MUST include PAGE NUMBER.
When to cite?

9. Our
IN-TEXT CITATION MUST be tallied
with the REFERENCE LIST (appears at
the end of your report):
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (Jones, 2005, p. 48).
References
Jones, A. (2005). Community policies for teenagers.
Hartford, CT: Scholarly Publishers, Inc.
When to cite?

10. Sources
without author. Write the FIRST
THREE WORDS of the article:
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (“Community policies for”,
2005).
No authors

11. Sources
without date. Write “n.d.” (no
date) after the author’s name:
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (Jones, n.d.).
No date

12. Two
authors:
◦ Community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department (Jones & Smith, 2005).
◦ According to Jones and Smith (2005),
community policing involves developing a
relationship between citizens and the police
department.
Two authors

13.  Three to six authors:
 First citation, list all authors:
◦ Community policing involves developing a relationship
between citizens and the police department (Jones,
Smith, & White, 2005).
 Subsequent citations, only list the first author,
and follow it up with “et al.” (and others):
◦ Community policing involves developing a relationship
between citizens and the police department (Jones, et
al.).
◦ Follow the SEQUENCING of the authors’ names as
appears on the book
Three to Six Authors

14.  Organisation
or agency (such as a government
agency) as the author:
◦ Community policing involves developing a relationship
between citizens and the police department (Malaysia
Department of Justice, 2005).
Organisation / Agency as Author

15. To
cite work by A in another work by B:
◦ Laila (2009, as cited in Khoo, 2010) states …
◦ … (Laila, 2009 as cited in Khoo, 2010).
Indirect Source