Authors in APA Referencing

Introduction
There is an old biblical saying that goes, Give to Caesar, what belongs to Caesar. This
simply means recognition should be given to those who deserve it. With that being said, there
several are different ways for giving credit to a person for their work. The format is determined
on two things;

The number of authors

The physical position of the referencing in regards to whether its within the text or
contained in the bibliography

In-Text Citations
Two Authors the most common is to list the authors in parentheses each time the work has
been cited word-for-word. The ampersand, (&) should be used to separate the names.
Alternatively the names can be used in a phrase.

(Webster & Oxford, 1978)

Or

Webster and Oxford (1978) states

Three to Five Authors the most common format to cite the authors is to list their last names
separated by commas along with the year the work was published all enclosed in parentheses.

(Ralhound, Septins, Quentin & Richmond, 1999)

Six or More Authors - The first author's name should be used, then followed by et al. in the
format below

Harris et al. (2001) argued...

or

(Harris et al., 2001)

Reference Listing
One Author The last name followed by the authors initial should be listed, followed by the
year of publishing, and the title of the work.

Mauti, T.J. (2014) The Advancements of Human Psychology

Two Authors the authors names should be listed as they normally would be with a single
author however the two names should be separated by an ampersand (&) rather than and.

Donaldson, K.Q & Mickelson F. (1989). Genes & Inheritance

Three to Seven Authors Authors names should be listed as per the norm, last name followed
by initials. However, this time & should not separate them but instead a comma and the last
author to be listed should be separated by an ampersand.

Caldwell, J.H., Hardwell, K.O. & ONeils L.K. (2014). Benefits of Exercise:
What You Dont Know!

More Than Seven Authors List the authors names as per the norm; last names followed by
initials and separated by commas. However, after the sixth author an ellipsis should be replaced
for the following authors and then list the last author name.

Harlem J.K., Pompelli K.K., Freymond L.I., Nderit W.Y., Kolpine T.W.,
Warren B.K. . Hansen V.L. ( 2001) The Conventions of Every Discipline.
Economoics, 47, 110-112.

However, in the rare occasion of a document containing no author, the in-text citation format
should include the title of the work in quotation marks followed by a comma and the year of
publishing, all enclosed in parentheses.

The eyes are some of the most intriguing parts of the human body. (Seeing
In The Dark, 1997)

In very rare instances, Anonymous is given. In the reference list use anonymous as the
authors name and the year the work was published.

(Anonymous, 2008)

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