Apa Format Citation Book 3 Authors

Second initial author surname first initial.

Apa format citation book 3 authors. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. The book title is written in sentence case only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns. Give the last name and initials e.

If you are dealing with a book that has three to five editors instead of authors you would simply insert the names of the editors into the place where the authors names are now followed by eds without the quotation marks as per the example. D of up to seven authors with the last name preceded by an ampersand. The formatting guidelines below refer to books with three authors.

How to cite an e book in apa format. Author surname et al year page number references. Here is an mla book citation example.

In et al et should not be followed by a period. For eight or more authors include the first six names followed by an ellipsis and add the last author s name. The apa in text citation for a book includes the author s last name the year and if relevant a page number.

Author s of the book. List only the first author s name followed by et al in every citation even the first unless doing so would create ambiguity between different sources. Include any other contributors e g.

Author surname initial s ed s. The basic structure is as follows. Editors and translators and the edition if specified e g.