For books/e-books:
Format with usual citation fields:
<Author(s)> <Date>, <Title>, <Publisher>, <Country/State>.
Format with possible citation fields:
<Author(s)> <Date>, <Chapter, in Name>, <Title>, <Volume(s)>, <Translated/Compiled/Revised by>, <Edition>, <Publisher>,
<Date of access>, <Country/State>, <URL>.
The following table explains each possible field needed for a book citation in the order of its appearance in the citation.
| Field | Details and examples |
| <Author(s)> |
1 author: Thomas Schiller: Schiller T Ong Wan Wei: Ong WW 2 authors: Schiller T & Ong WW More than 2 authors: list all authors: Schiller T, Ong WW, Tan CK & Jones R If author is editor: Schiller T (ed.) Schiller T (editor) |
| <Date> |
Date available: 2011 Date approximated: c. 2011 Date unavailable: n.d. 2 sources for the same author in the same year: 2011a 2011b |
|
<Chapter, in Name> Optional |
Use single quotation marks. When referring to a chapter authored by Ong WW in a book edited by Schiller T: 'Book Chapter', in Schiller T (ed.) |
| <Title> |
Title should be italicised. Advanced Macroeconomics |
|
<Volume(s)> Optional |
vol. 1 volume 1 vols. 1 & 2 volumes 1 & 2 |
|
<Translated/Compiled/Revised by> Optional |
Translated by: trans. T Schiller Compiled by: comp. WW Ong Revised by: rev. T Schiller |
|
<Edition> Optional |
2nd edition second edition 2nd ed. second ed. |
| <Publisher> |
Pearson |
| <Country/State> |
Singapore Java Tokyo New York, NY Los Angeles, CA |
|
<Date of access> Only for online resources. |
viewed 11 January 2010 |
|
<URL> Only for online resources. |
http://www.google.com |
Example:
Description of book to be cited
"A chapter titled 'Raising weeds and worms in farms' authored by A Richmond, QT Anderson and S Dahlia in approximately 2011, from the third edition multi-volume book series titled Modern Agriculture with volumes 1 and 2, edited by WG Ong, translated by HA Lim, and published in Java, Indonesia by Raving Publishing House".
Citation of the book:
Richmond A, Anderson QT & Dahlia S c. 2011, ‘Raising farms’ in Ong WG (ed.), Modern Agriculture, vols. 1 & 2, trans. HA Lim,
3rd edn., Raving Publishing House, Java, Indonesia.
For journals:
Format with usual citation fields:
<Author(s)> <Date>, <'Title of article'>, <Full title of journal>, <Volume number>, <Page number>.
Format with possible citation fields:
<Author(s)> <Date>, <'Title of article'>, <Full title of journal>, <Volume number>, <Issue number>, <Page number>, <Date of access>, <Online source>.
The following table explains each possible field needed for a book citation in the order of its appearance in the citation.
| Field | Details and examples |
| <Author(s)> |
1 author: Thomas Schiller: Schiller T Ong Wan Wei: Ong WW 2 authors: Schiller T & Ong WW More than 2 authors: list all authors: Schiller T, Ong WW, Tan CK & Jones R If author is editor: Schiller T (ed.) Schiller T (editor) |
| <Date> |
Date available: 2011 Date approximated: c. 2011 Date unavailable: n.d. 2 sources for the same author in the same year: 2011a 2011b |
| <'Title of article'> |
Use single quotation marks. No need to capitalise the first alphabet of every word except names. 'Growth and deterrence' 'How millennials make sense of changes in demography and society: an Asian perspective' |
|
<Review of book> Optional |
Book title is italicised. No need to capitalise the first alphabet of every word except names. review of Nature laws and governance, by WW Ong |
| <Full title of journal> |
Italicised. The Economist Weather Climate and Society Aera Open |
| <Volume number> |
volume 11 vol. 11 |
|
<Issue number> |
If pagination is continuous in the journal volume, issue number need not be specified. Example of continuous pagination in volume: Volume 1, issue #1: page 1 - 41 Volume 1, issue #2: page 42 - 77 Volume 1, issue #3: page 78 - 103 Volume 2, issue #1: page 1 - 38 Issue number can be cited in various ways: number 2 no. 2 Spring Issue 30 May 40(2) *where it means volume 40 issue 2 |
| <Page number> |
p. 51 pp. 20-33 114-135 |
|
<Date of access> Only for online resources. |
viewed 11 January 2010 |
|
<Online source> Only for online resources. |
Online journal or magazine URL: http://www.onlinejournal.com Database: Factiva database |
Example:
Description of article to be cited
A review article titled 'The way of the learnt, the aged' authored by C Dietrich in 2015 on a book titled Learning from experiences by T Schiller. published in ABC Journal's volume 6, pages 161 to 177, where review article was retrieved on 13 March 2016 from XYZ database.
Citation of the article:
Dietrich, C 2015, ‘The way of the learnt', the aged, review of Learning from experiences, by T Schiller, ABC Journal, vol. 6, pp. 161–177, viewed 13 March 2016, XYZ database.