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APA Guide: Two Authors-Journal

Guidelines

Please Note:  Rules for citing multiple authors are the same for all resources (books, periodicals, websites, etc.)

References: An entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Author Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Article title: Subtitle. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range.

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): An entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

(Author Last Name & Author Last Name, Year).

In-Text Citation (Quotation): An entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

(Author Last Name & Author Last Name, Year, page number).

 
      

Examples

Please Note:  Rules for citing multiple authors are the same for all resources (books, periodicals, websites, etc.)

References:

Paterson, B. L., & Thorne, S. (2003). Enhancing the evaluation of nursing care effectiveness. Journal of Nursing Research, 35(3), 26-38.


In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 

Paterson and Thorne (2003) state

(Paterson & Thorne, 2003).


In-Text Citation (Quotation):

(Paterson & Thorne, 2003, p. 30).


 Additional information:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed., pages 198.

 

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