How do I make a reference entry or citation for a source with multiple authors?

Reference List

When creating a reference for a work with multiple authors, provide surnames and initials for up to 20 authors. For sources with 21 or more authors, use ellipsis points after the name of the 19th author, followed by the final author's surname and initials.

Steyer, T., Ortiz, K., Schemmel, L., Armstrong, B., Hicks, L., Simac, M., Perez, K., Nyung, J., Schlenz, W., Robins, K., O’Neil, O., Muhammad, E., Moore, J. L., Rosinski, P., Peeples, T., Pigg, S., Rife, M. C., Brunk-Chavez, B., Tasaka, R.... Curtis, F. (2006). What to do when you have 21 authors. Journal of How-Tos, 34, 112–114. https://doi.org/10.1191/0266355406gh362oa

In-text Citation

When citing a resource in your text that has two authors, you will list both authors every time you cite the source: (Albers & Banden, 2014) or Albers and Banden (2014)

When citing a resources that has more than two authors, cite only the first author followed by "et al." For example, for the source in the example reference entry above, use these citation formats: Steyer et al. (2006) or (Steyer et al, 2006).

** Note that when you have a parenthetical citation (the entire citation is in parentheses), you need to use an ampersand (&). If the citation is part of the sentence, you will use the word and.

Additional Resources:

• Review the Common Reference List Examples webpage.
• Read more on how to use et al.

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