Apa Online Journals
guidAPA Referencing Guide
* Please refer to this website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/study/guides/apa.shtml
ONLINE JOURNALS
Direct Quotation: Method 1
(Method used: Author’s Name(s), (year) “statement” (page number.) )
Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen, Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa (2008) claimed that “ In Malaysia, if anyone else who cannot obtain a divorce because they have not been married for 24 months or more, they can only consider filing a Judicial Separation. However, judicial separation does not legally end a marriage, and during the period of separation, both parties cannot remarry. The only legal obligation for judicial separation is when the court grants a decree of judicial separation, the petitioner is no longer obliged to live with his/her spouse, but the petitioner still require to file a petition for divorce after a decree of separation is granted.” (p. 1)
OR
Direct Quotation: Method 2
(Method used: “statement” Author’s Name(s), year, page number. )
“ In Malaysia, if anyone else who cannot obtain a divorce because they have not been married for 24 months or more, they can only consider filing a Judicial Separation. However, judicial separation does not legally end a marriage, and during the period of separation, both parties cannot remarry. The only legal obligation for judicial separation is when the court grants a decree of judicial separation, the petitioner is no longer obliged to live with his/her spouse, but the petitioner still require to file a petition for divorce after a decree of separation is granted.” (Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen, Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa, 2008, p. 1)
Reference format (for written assignment):
Online Journal: (Method used: Author, A., & Author, (Year). Title of the webpage online journals. Retrieved from http://...
1) Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen.,& Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa (2008), Divorce in Malaysia. Retrieved on 12 August 2012 from
* Please refer to this website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/study/guides/apa.shtml
ONLINE JOURNALS
Direct Quotation: Method 1
(Method used: Author’s Name(s), (year) “statement” (page number.) )
Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen, Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa (2008) claimed that “ In Malaysia, if anyone else who cannot obtain a divorce because they have not been married for 24 months or more, they can only consider filing a Judicial Separation. However, judicial separation does not legally end a marriage, and during the period of separation, both parties cannot remarry. The only legal obligation for judicial separation is when the court grants a decree of judicial separation, the petitioner is no longer obliged to live with his/her spouse, but the petitioner still require to file a petition for divorce after a decree of separation is granted.” (p. 1)
OR
Direct Quotation: Method 2
(Method used: “statement” Author’s Name(s), year, page number. )
“ In Malaysia, if anyone else who cannot obtain a divorce because they have not been married for 24 months or more, they can only consider filing a Judicial Separation. However, judicial separation does not legally end a marriage, and during the period of separation, both parties cannot remarry. The only legal obligation for judicial separation is when the court grants a decree of judicial separation, the petitioner is no longer obliged to live with his/her spouse, but the petitioner still require to file a petition for divorce after a decree of separation is granted.” (Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen, Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa, 2008, p. 1)
Reference format (for written assignment):
Online Journal: (Method used: Author, A., & Author, (Year). Title of the webpage online journals. Retrieved from http://...
1) Samuel Chan Hsin Chlen.,& Mohamed Sarif Mustaffa (2008), Divorce in Malaysia. Retrieved on 12 August 2012 from