Apa Style For Book With Multiple Authors

This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i e apa 7 which released in october 2019.

Apa style for book with multiple authors. For example the way that you reference a single author will differ somewhat from how you reference a source with multiple authors. The ampersand is used between two authors when their names are written in parentheses but when when the names are written in the narrative. 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 without the quotation marks see the example. Apa citation style guide 6th edition.

For reference list entries cite both authors names with the ampersand between the names. If you are dealing with a book that has three to five editors instead of authors you would simply insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors names are now followed by eds without the quotation marks as per the example. Editors and translators and. How you reference different sources varies depending on the number of authors to whom the source is attributed.

However you may need to use one of the following formats for books that are edited have no author are translated or require some specialized formatting. Place in press citations last. The rest of the format would remain the same. The general format below refers to a book with three or more authors.

The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. This basic format can be used for many types of book references that have a single author or multiple authors. Generally if a work has multiple authors you must list all of their names in the citation entry on your reference list. List all authors by last name and first and middle initials.

Give the author s surname s once. Apa format establishes a number of clear rules for how to list reference works using author information. Order the citations of two or more works within the same brackets in the same order in which they appear in the reference list. The following rules for handling works by a single author or multiple authors apply to all apa style references in your reference list regardless of the type of work book.

Give only the date for each subsequent work. Basic book citation format. Direct quotes are not possible when referencing multiple works by the same author. Include other contributors e g.

The general format below refers to a book with two authors. For in text citations cite both names every time rios pickle 2010 or rios and pickle 2010 contend. In apa style you list the last name followed by a comma then the author s first initial and middle initial.