Apa In Text Citation 3 Authors

The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here.

Apa in text citation 3 authors. Apa citation style guide 6th edition. Apa american psychological association style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. Author s last name author s last name author s last name year author s last name et al year in text citation direct quote. Author surname first initial.

Citing multiple works with three or more authors and the same date to avoid ambiguity when the in text citations of multiple works with three or more authors shorten to the same form write out as many names as needed to distinguish the references and abbreviate the rest of the names to et al in every citation. Author surname et al year note. This resource revised according to the 6 th edition second printing of the apa manual offers examples for the general format of apa research papers in text citations endnotes footnotes and the reference page. In text citation direct quote.

The in text citation for works with three or more authors is shortened to the first author s name followed by et al. For more information please consult the publication manual. If your reference has three to six authors cite them all the first time mentioned in your paper. After that use the first author s last name followed by et al.

Though the apa s author date system for citations is fairly straightforward author categories can vary significantly from the standard one author one source configuration.