The formatting guidelines below refer to books with two authors.
General Format:
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Author's Last Name & Author's Last Name, year)
In-Text Citation (Direct Quote):
(Author's Last Name & Author's Last Name, year, page number)
References:
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Location of publication: Publisher.
Examples:
In-text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Thanavaro & Moore, 2017)
In-text Citation (Direct Quote):
(Thanavaro & Moore, 2017, p. 52)
References:
Thanavaro, J., & Moore, K. S. (2017). Clinical decision making for adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioners. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
The formatting guidelines below refer to books with two editors.
General Format:
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Editor's Last Name & Editor's Last Name, year)
In-Text Citation (Direct Quote):
(Editor's Last Name & Editor's Last Name, year, page number)
References:
Editor's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., & Editor's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Eds.). (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Location of publication: Publisher.
Examples:
In-text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Worth & Coates, 2009)
In-text Citation (Direct Quote):
(Worth & Coates, 2009, p. 52)
References:
Worth, J., & Coates, T. (Eds.). (2009). The midwife : A memoir of birth, joy, and hard times. New York: Penguin Books.
Citation information has been adapted from the APA Manual (6th Edition). Please refer to pages 176-177 of the APA Manual (6th Edition) for more information.
-If your reference list includes publications by two or more authors with the same last name, you should include the first initial in all in-text citations in order to help the reader avoid confusion.
-Be mindful of hyphenated names, particularly hyphenated first names in your reference list. If an author or editor has a hyphenated first name, include first initials for both separated by a hyphen. For example: Lamour, J.-B. for Jean-Baptiste Lamour.
-If your reference list includes publications by two or more authors with the same last name, you should include the first initial in all in-text citations in order to help the reader avoid confusion.
-Suffixes like "Jr." or "III" are not included in in-text citations but are included in the reference list.
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