One authorTwo authors
Three to five authors
Six or more authors
Different authors : same surname
Multiple authors: ambiguous citations
Multiple works: by same author
Multiple works: by same author AND same year
If the author is identified as 'anonymous'
Unknown author
Corporate or group of authors
Multiple references
Citing specific parts of a source
Quote from an electronic source
Personal communications
Citation of a secondary source: (i.e a source referred to in another publication)
Citing legislation or legal casesThe way you cite legislation or legal cases depends on whether you read the actual legislation or read about it in another source. If it is the latter, the legislation/case should be treated as a secondary source.
Websites (but not a specific document on that site)
Web page, author
Web page with corporate author
Web page, unknown author
Web page, no date
Market Reports/Industry databases, no individual author
Market Reports/Industry databases, author
How do you cite an author in a sentence examples?APA in-text citation style uses the author's last name and the year of publication, for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14).
How do you cite an author in an essay examples?When using APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998), and a complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper.
How do you cite a citation in a sentence?Citations for paraphrases typically include both an author name and year in parentheses at the end of the sentence, or the year in parentheses immediately after the author's name within the sentence when the author's name is part of the sentence text (APA, 2020, p. 263).
How do you cite the same author in a sentence?According to APA, if multiple consecutive sentences are using information from the same source, you should cite the source after the first sentence if the source and topic do not change. For further information, please see the Appropriate Level of Citation page on the APA Style Blog.
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