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RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
CITATION AND REFERENCING
BY DR SYED REDZUAN BIN OMAR ALSAGOFF
REFERENCING STYLE
GENERAL FORMATS
•Journal article: Sabri Orman, “Sources of the History of Islamic Economic Thought”, Al-
Shajarah 2, no. 1 (1997).
•Book: David M. Kotz, The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism (Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Harvard University Press, 2015).
SPECIAL CASES
Illustrative samples
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Footnote, full:
Syed Redzuan Alsagoff, Asan Ali Golam Hassan, and Wan
Suhaimi Wan Abdullah, “The Concept of Gender and Its
Acceptability as a Category of Analysis in Economics: An
Islamic Perspective”, Afkār: Journal of ‘Aqidah and Islamic
Thought 23, no. 1 (2021): 167,
https://doi.org/10.22452/afkar.vol23no1.5
Footnote, shortened:
Alsagoff, Asan Ali, and Wan Suhaimi, “The Concept of Gender”,
168.
Bibliography
Alsagoff, Syed Redzuan, Asan Ali Golam Hassan, and Wan
Suhaimi Wan Abdullah. “The Concept of Gender and Its
Acceptability as a Category of Analysis in Economics: An
Islamic Perspective”. Afkār: Journal of ‘Aqidah and Islamic
Thought 23, no. 1 (2021): 167-196.
https://doi.org/10.22452/afkar.vol23no1.5.
Footnote, full:
Syed Redzuan Alsagoff, Asan Ali Golam Hassan, and Wan
Suhaimi Wan Abdullah, “The Concept of Gender and Its
Acceptability as a Category of Analysis in Economics: An
Islamic Perspective”, Afkār: Journal of ‘Aqidah and Islamic
Thought 23, no. 1 (2021): 167,
https://doi.org/10.22452/afkar.vol23no1.5
Footnote, shortened:
Alsagoff, Asan Ali, and Wan Suhaimi, “The Concept of Gender”,
168.
Bibliography
Alsagoff, Syed Redzuan, Asan Ali Golam Hassan, and Wan
Suhaimi Wan Abdullah. “The Concept of Gender and Its
Acceptability as a Category of Analysis in Economics: An
Islamic Perspective”. Afkār: Journal of ‘Aqidah and Islamic
Thought 23, no. 1 (2021): 167-196.
https://doi.org/10.22452/afkar.vol23no1.5.
BOOK
Footnote, full:
Khalif Muammar A. Harris, Etika Alam Sekitar (Johor Bahru:
UTM Press; Kuala Lumpur: RZS-CASIS, 2024), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Khalif Muammar A. Harris, Etika Alam Sekitar, 2.
Bibliography
Khalif Muammar A. Harris. Etika Alam Sekitar. Johor Bahru:
UTM Press; Kuala Lumpur: RZS-CASIS, 2024.
Footnote, full:
Khalif Muammar A. Harris, Etika Alam Sekitar (Johor Bahru:
UTM Press; Kuala Lumpur: RZS-CASIS, 2024), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Khalif Muammar A. Harris, Etika Alam Sekitar, 2.
Bibliography
Khalif Muammar A. Harris. Etika Alam Sekitar. Johor Bahru:
UTM Press; Kuala Lumpur: RZS-CASIS, 2024.
BOOK
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Islām and Secularism (Kuala
Lumpur: ABIM, 1978; repr., Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 1993), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Islam and Secularism, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
Al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Islām and Secularism (Kuala
Lumpur: ABIM, 1978; repr., Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 1993), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Islam and Secularism, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
Al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Islām and Secularism (Kuala
Lumpur: ABIM, 1978; repr., Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 1993), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Islam and Secularism, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
Al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. Islām and Secularism.
Kuala Lumpur: ABIM, 1978. Reprint, Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC,
1993.
BOOK
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Prolegomena to the
Metaphysics of Islām: An Exposition of the Fundamental
Elements of the Worldview of Islām, 2nd ed. (Kuala Lumpur:
ISTAC, 2001; first published in 1995), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Prolegomena, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Prolegomena to the
Metaphysics of Islām: An Exposition of the Fundamental
Elements of the Worldview of Islām. 2nd ed. Kuala Lumpur:
ISTAC, 2001. First published in 1995.
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Prolegomena to the
Metaphysics of Islām: An Exposition of the Fundamental
Elements of the Worldview of Islām, 2nd ed. (Kuala Lumpur:
ISTAC, 2001; first published in 1995), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Prolegomena, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Prolegomena to the
Metaphysics of Islām: An Exposition of the Fundamental
Elements of the Worldview of Islām. 2nd ed. Kuala Lumpur:
ISTAC, 2001. First published in 1995.
BOOK
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Risalah untuk Kaum
Muslimin (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 2001; original ideas from
1973), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Risalah, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Risalah untuk Kaum
Muslimin. Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 2001. Original ideas from
1973.
Footnote, full:
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Risalah untuk Kaum
Muslimin (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 2001; original ideas from
1973), 1.
Footnote, shortened:
Attas, Risalah, 2.
Bibliography
Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-. Risalah untuk Kaum
Muslimin. Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 2001. Original ideas from
1973.
BOOK
Footnote:
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī, The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb, trans. Adi Setia (Kuala Lumpur:
IBFIM, 2011), 1.
Adi Setia, translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī (Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011), vii.
Bibliography
Shaybānī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-. The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb. Translated by Adi Setia. Kuala
Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
Adi Setia. Translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī. Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
Footnote:
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī, The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb, trans. Adi Setia (Kuala Lumpur:
IBFIM, 2011), 1.
Adi Setia, translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī (Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011), vii.
Bibliography
Shaybānī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-. The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb. Translated by Adi Setia. Kuala
Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
Adi Setia. Translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī. Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
Footnote:
Muḥammadibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī, The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb, trans. Adi Setia (Kuala Lumpur:
IBFIM, 2011), 1.
Adi Setia, translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasbby Muḥammadibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī (Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011), vii.
Bibliography
Shaybānī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-. The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb. Translated by Adi Setia. Kuala
Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
Adi Setia. Translator’s introduction to The Book of Earning a
Livelihood: Kitāb al-Kasb by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-
Shaybānī. Kuala Lumpur: IBFIM, 2011.
BOOK
Footnote:
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī, Bulghat al-Murād fī al-
Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād, ed. editing
department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah (Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-
Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah, editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī (Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Bibliography
Budayrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-. Bulghat al-Murād fī
al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād. Edited by
editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-
Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī. Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Footnote:
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī, Bulghat al-Murād fī al-
Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād, ed. editing
department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah (Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-
Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah, editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī (Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Bibliography
Budayrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-. Bulghat al-Murād fī
al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād. Edited by
editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-
Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī. Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Footnote:
Muḥammadibn Muḥammadal-Budayrī, Bulghat al-Murād fī al-
Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād, ed. editing
department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah (Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-
Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah, editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlādby Muḥammadibn Muḥammadal-Budayrī (Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Bibliography
Budayrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-. Bulghat al-Murād fī
al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād. Edited by
editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-
Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī. Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Footnote:
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī, Bulghat al-Murād fī al-
Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād, ed. editing
department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah (Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-
Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah, editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī (Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992).
Bibliography
Budayrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-. Bulghat al-Murād fī
al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-al-Awlād. Edited by
editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Tanta, Egypt: Dār al-
Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
Editing department of Dār al-Ṣaḥābah. Editor’s introduction to
Bulghat al-Murād fī al-Taḥdhīr min al-Iftitān bi-al-Amwāl wa-
al-Awlād by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Budayrī. Tanta,
Egypt: Dār al-Ṣaḥābah lil-Turāth bi-Ṭanṭā, 1992.
CONCLUSION
KEY TAKEAWAYS
•Be sensitive to naming conventions of different cultures
•Be aware of nuances in publication
•Be accurate in citing those who deserve citation
•Be thorough and give as much information as possible
EPILOGUE
ENDNOTE
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Alsagoff et al., “The Concept of Gender” – cover
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Alsagoff et al., “The Concept of Gender” - info page
https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/afkar/article/view/30869/13244
Attas, al-, Islam and Secularism – cover
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amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1257411417i/1458748.jpg
Attas, al-, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam, 2nd ed. – cover
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islam.jpg?itok=LXYDyLoI
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Attas, al-, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam, 2nd ed. - info page
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Attas, al-, Risalah untuk Kaum Muslimin – cover
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Khalif Muammar, Etika Alam Sekitar–cover
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Shaybani, al-, Kitab al-Kasb–cover
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Shaybani, al-, Kitab al-Kasb–info page
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