Indicate the authors or sources of these in a references list at the end of your paper. These names should be followed by the date of publication enclosed in parentheses. Multiple authors apa citation style guide 6th edition. The formatting guidelines below refer to books with two authors. Book with two authors apa 6th edition university of lincoln. Only list the first author with the latin abbreviation et al. General reference information on citing in apa format easybib. If you are dealing with two editors instead of two authors, you would simply insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors names are now, followed by eds. If you are citing a source that has multiple authors, follow these basic steps.
How to reference multiple authors in apa style youtube. In apa style, you list the last name followed by a comma, then the authors first initial and middle initial. Apa american psychological association style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the apa manual 6th ed. Two authorseditors apa citation style, 6th edition research. Two authors or editors apa citation style, 7th edition research. For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided. How to reference authors in apa format verywell mind. Journal article with two authors apa citation style, 6th edition. Italicize longer works including books and journals.
Next, the title of the book or journal should be listed in italics. Use the word and between the authors names within the text and use the ampersand in parentheses. Apa 6th home apa 6th edition research guides at utica college. Free ebook versions of the apa publication manuals are currently available. Always cite both authors names intext everytime you. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 35 authors. Publication manual of the american psychological association, 6th ed. Two or more works by the same author in the same year. Two or more works by the same author in the same year if you are using more than one reference by the same author or the same group of authors listed in the same order published in the same year, organize them in the reference list alphabetically by the title of the article or chapter.
Two authors or editors apa citation style, 7th edition. Cite the publishing information about a book as usual, but cite introduction, preface. This video is based on the 6th edition of the publication manual of the american psychological association. Apa style has a series of important rules on using author names as part of the authordate system. Generally, if a work has multiple authors you must list all of their names in the citation entry on your reference list. Two or more works by the same author in the same year if you are using more than one reference by the same authoror the same group of authors listed in the same orderpublished in the same year, first check to see if they have more specific dates this recommendation is new to apa 7. There are additional rules for citing indirect sources, electronic sources, and sources without page numbers. Apa citation book by two authors publication manual of the american psychological association, 6th ed. Always cite both authors names intext everytime you reference them. Easybib reference guide for general citation rules in apa. Name both authors in the signal phrase or in parentheses each time you cite the work.
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