It explains what do with works by more than one a.

How to reference multiple authors apa in text. 1st Author 2nd Author Year Published Curtis Williams 2020. In an author-date style in-text citations usually require the last name of the authors and the year of publication. Gass Varonis 1984 Three or.

For any source with more than two authors APA 7th in-text citation is shortened by using et al meaning and others after the first authors name. Initials help avoid confusion within the text and help readers locate the correct reference list entry. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 3-5 authors.

For APA Style 6th Edition only use et al. And then the final author. 2017 likened abnormal psychology to.

Place in-text reference before the full stop eg. Field 2005 Two authors. Al year from the first use.

In parenthetical citations use an ampersand between the authors last names. Jones Chavez Jackson and Chen 2010 duplicated. For all sources with three to twenty authors you must write out all of the authors on the References page.

Only list the first author with the Latin abbreviation et al for any subsequent references. Source with Twenty-One or. For in-text citations sources with three or more authors can be abbreviated to Author et.