The table below illustrates APSA guidelines for
citing multiple authors and works.
| Type
of citation |
What
you should do |
Example |
Multiple
authors:
Two or three authors |
Include all of their names in each citation: |
(Kelly,
Colter, and Lane 1980) |
Multiple
authors:
Four or more authors |
Use
only the first author's name and "et al." in all citations,
including the first. |
(Angel
et al. 1986) |
Multiple
works:
Different authors and years |
Arrange
the citations in alphabetical order by first author, rather
than in chronological order.
Separate the items with semicolons: |
(Confucius
1951; Gurdjieff 1950; Wanisaburo 1926) |
Multiple
works:
By same author in same year |
Assign
a lowercase letter to the year of publication (in alphabetical
order by title), and use the same letters in the reference list. |
(Frankly
1957a, 1957b) |
