For a work with one or two authors,
include the author name(s) in every citation
. For a work with three or more authors, include the name of only the first author plus “et al.” in every citation, including the first citation, unless doing so would create ambiguity.
For a work with one or two authors,
include the author name(s) in every citation
. For a work with three or more authors, include the name of only the first author plus “et al.” in every citation, including the first citation, unless doing so would create ambiguity.
Works by two authors should
list the last names and first initials separated by an ampersand (&)
. These names should be followed by the date of publication enclosed in parentheses. If the work is a journal article, the title of the article should immediately follow the publication date.
Citing an Author or Authors. A Work by Two Authors:
Name both authors in the signal phrase or in parentheses each time you cite the work
. Use the word “and” between the authors' names within the text and use the ampersand in parentheses.
When citing multiple works parenthetically, place the citations in alphabetical order, separating them with semicolons.
Arrange two or more works by the same authors by year of publication
. Place citations with no date first, followed by works with dates in chronological order.
In-text citations for works with three (3) or more authors can be
shortened to the name of the first author and ‘et al.
‘ (and page/para. number as usual). When abbreviating in-text citations with the use of et al., take care to avoid ambiguity.
When you have 3 or more authors, you only use
the first author's surname in text
, and abbreviate the rest of the list with “et al.” (Latin for “and others”). In your reference list, you list all of the authors (up to 20).
- If more than one author have the same last name, include all the author's first initials in all text citations:
- If both authors have the same surname and first initial, provide the authors' full name:
- If citing multiple works by the same author, include the short form of the source's title.
If multiple authors within a single reference share the same surname,
the initials are not needed in the in-text citation
; cite the work in the standard author–date format.
If there are three or more authors,
list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for “and others”) in place of the subsequent authors' names
. (Note that there is a period after “al” in “et al.” Also note that there is never a period after the “et” in “et al.”).
Your in-text citation should include both authors:
the author(s) of the original source and the author(s) of the secondary source
. For example: (Habermehl, 1985, as cited in Kersten, 1987).
The second and subsequent time you use
a parenthetical citation
, you will still give the full in-text citation (Author's last name, year). Example: Using APA allows students to have consistency with other writings in their field of study (Grammer, 2013).
How do you in-text cite APA 7th edition?
Parenthetical Citations
APA 7 Style uses the
author-date citation method with parentheses
. After a quote, add parentheses containing the author's name, the year of publication, and the page number(s) the quote appears. For quotations that are on one page, type “p.” before the page number.
When your parenthetical citation includes two or more works, order them the same way they appear in the reference list (viz., alphabetically), separated by a semi-colon. If you cite multiple works by the same author in the same parenthetical citation,
give the author's name only once and follow with dates
.
How do you cite multiple sources in-text apa?
- Place citations with no date first.
- Then, order works with dates in chronological order.
- Place in-press citations last.
How do you cite two sources in one sentence?
Separate the citations with semicolons. Arrange two or more works by the same authors (in the same order) by year of publication. Place in-press citations last. Give the
authors
‘ surnames once; for each subsequent work, give only the date.
How do you cite a citation within a citation APA 7th edition?
Include both the original author, publication year, and the original (primary) author and year of the work where quote/idea was found in the in-text reference.
Add “as cited in” before the author in the in-text
reference. For example, (Smith, 2015, as cited in Jonson, 2019).
If your list of references includes more than one work by the same author published in the same year,
order them alphabetically by title, adding lowercase letters (“a,” “b,” and so on) to the year
, as on p.
No Author. If no author or creator is provided,
start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead
. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details.