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Cite source with one or two authors
The following table gives some examples of how to cite sources with one or two authors.
| When you have . . . |
Here's what you do: |
Sample Citation |
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First and subsequent citations |
Within a paragraph, omit the year in citations after the first one if no confusion with other studies will result |
Fisher (1999) administered a questionnaire . . . Fisher's results indicated . . . [new paragraph] The questionnaire administered by Fisher (1999) was used by . . . |
A source with 1 or 2 authors |
Cite name(s) in first and all subsequent citations |
(Adkins & Singh, 2001) Adkins and Singh (2001) |
Authors with same surname |
Use initials even if the years are different |
D. Baldwin (2001) and M. L. Baldwin (1999) |
