

The in-text citation is written inside a parenthesis usually with the last name of the author and year of publication, separated by a comma.Name of the organization or group National Institute of Mental Health After the name of the sixth author, write three ellipsis points followed by the last author’s name. *Only seven authors can be included in the reference list. *Only include the first author’s last name followed by et al. *The names of the author should be listed in the same order as it is written in the source. Last Name A & Last name B Calfee & Valencia *Use ampersand (&) instead of “and.” You can include up to five names, but in the next citations just use the first author’s name followed by et al. Multiple Authors Two to Seven Authors In-text citation

Last name Chitty *Write only the last name without the initials for all in-text citations. Let’s begin with citing the authors in both in-text citation and reference list.Ĭiting the Author One Author In-text citation

Now that you are familiar with the elements you have to include in the reference, we will continue with the APA book citation format.
