Basic FormatLast name A.

Apa in text citation for 2 authors example. In APA style for a source with three or more authors list the first authors last name and et al for all citations including the first citation. Using In-text Citation Include an in-text citation when you refer to summarize paraphrase or quote from another source. The general format below refers to a book with two authors.

This structure requires that any in-text citation ie within the body of the text be accompanied by a corresponding reference list entry. Johnson and Smith 2009 found. Connell et al 2014 Researchers Connell et al.

Apa Citation Format Example With Multiple Authors Note. In-Text Citation Direct Quote. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 3-5 authors See examples below to learn about how multiple authors for one work are handled in APA parenthetical citationsNote.

Thanavaro Moore 2017. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 3-5 authors. Authors Include ALL authors in the FIRST in-text citation.

Jones Chavez Jackson and Chen 2010 duplicated. Title of book used as first source. This means that the authors last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text like for example Jones 1998.

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. Now I am quoting from the second source by the same author Daristotle 2015b p. In-Text Citation Direct Quote.