HOW TO WRITE BIBLIOGRAPHY OR REFERENCES:

(*take note that name of the author; usually typed in reverse)

o BOOK
Authors’ name. (Year). Title of the book; edition. Location: Publisher.
e.g.:
Devito, J.A.(1986). The Communication handbook: A dictionary; Second
Edition. New York: Harper& Row.

ARTICLE
o Magazine
Author’s name. (Date of publication). Title of the article. Title of the
magazine and edition. Page.
e.g.:
Electra, C. (2008. January). Ten things you must know about men. Marie
Claire 124. p.17.

o Newspaper
*Reporter’s name. (Date of publish). Article’s title. Newspaper. Page.
e.g.: Sulaiman. (2008, January 8) .Gay marriages raise issues. The Star.
p A1.

*Article’s title (Date of publish). Newspaper. Page.

e.g.: President’s dog dies. (2004, February 22). Malay Mail. p.A9.

o Journals
Author’s names. (Date). Article’s title. Title of the journal. Page.
e.g.: Torres, A & Ginossar, T. (2007, November). Discrimination in
culturally diverse workplace. Journal of Applied Communication Research.
4-27.

o SEARCH ENGINE/INTERNET

*Citing an entire website (but not a specific document on that site)

e.g : Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive website for children
(http://www.kidspsych.org).

* With Authors
Author’s name. (Year). Title of the article. Journal or magazine of
electronic version. Page. Retrieved date from http://www.????.com

e.g : Altman, D. G., Schulz, K. F., Moher, D., Egger, M., Davidoff.(2001).
The revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomized trials:
Explanation and elaboration. Annals of Internal Medicine, 134(8),
663–694. Retrieved April 20, 2007, from http://www.consort-
statement.org.