

You can cite two or more different information sources in the same single in-text references (especially when those sources all make the same point), e.g. Different research reported the same effects occurring, regardless whether it was in lakes (Nguyen, D 2009, p. 17).įor two or more authors with the same surname publishing different works in the same year, include all author initials after a comma after their surname, e.g. If you cite two or more works in a sentence that are by the same author but they were published in different years, list the author's name once and then arrange the years of publication for the in-text citation from oldest to newest e.g. 137-138) identify two agencies struggling… If you are writing their names directly into your text, both the first listed author’s surname and ‘et al.’ are not enclosed in brackets, e.g. Baldino et al. …state control thus working against its citizens (Baldino et al.

78).įor more than three authors, place the first listed author’s surname, then insert ‘et al.’, then the year of publication and page number(s) if paraphrasing or quoting, e.g. McCurley, Lynch and Jackson state that only keen volunteers are productive volunteers (2012, p. If you are writing their names directly into your text, replace the ampersand with the word 'and', e.g. 2).įor two or three authors, place an ampersand (&) between the last two authors' names. (Hatching and raising brine shrimp 2010, p. Where there is no author, use the title of the work (in italics) instead, e.g. In-text references use the authors’ surnames only and do not include initials.

To cite a reference in the text of your work, insert the reference material and then immediately place the author's surname and the year of publication in brackets after it, e.g.
