For a paper with three or more authors only enter the last name of the first author listed and add et al after it.

Apa in text citing two authors. Place citations with no date first. Always cite both authors names in-text everytime you reference them. When citing a web page or online article in APA Style the in-text citation consists of the authors last name and year of publication.

Only list the first author with the Latin abbreviation et al for any subsequent references. When using APA format follow the author-date method of in-text citation. 1st Author 2nd Author Year Published Curtis Williams 2020 Narrative citation for two authors.

Field 2005 Two authors. Smith Jones 2009. One complete reference for each source should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.

Et al is Latin for the phrase and others which is why it is used as a substitute for two or more authors. When using multiple authors names as part of your narrative rather than in parentheses always spell out the word and. American Psychological Association 2019.

Second Initial Authors Last Name First Initial. 2 authors cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text. 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.

This guidance has been revised from the 6th edition. Author Surname Author Surname Year In-Text Citation Direct Quote. Arrange two or more works by the same authors by year of publication.