APA Style -6th edition
- C. Three to Five Authors or Editors
- General Guidelines
- A. One Author or Editor
- B. Two Authors or Editors
- D. Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
- E. Article in a Reference Book
- F. No Author
- H. Edition other than the First
- I. Translation
- J. Government Publication
- A. Journal Article with One Author
- B. Journal Article with 2 Authors
- C. Journal Article with 3-5 Authors
- D. Journal Article with 6 or more Authors
- E. Magazine Article
- F. Newspaper Article
- A. Basic Web Page
- B. Web Page from a University Site
- C. No Author
- D. Blog Post
- E. Entry in a Reference Work
- F. Government Document
- A. Motion Picture
- B. Youtube Video
- C. Audio Podcast
- A. Electronic Image
- A. Interview
- D. Classical Works
- E. Secondary Sources
- F. Legal Materials
- Evaluating Sources
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- Sample APA Paper
Book with Three to Five Authors or Editors
- In-text citation, paraphrase: (Author's surname, Author's surname, & Author's surname, year)
NOTE: Although the first in-text citation for a work with three to five authors/editors includes all of the names of the authors/editors, subsequent citations require only the first author's/editor's surname, followed by et al. and the year.
- In-text citation, quotation: (Author's surname, Author's surname, & Author's surname, year, page number)
Reference list citation:
Author's surname, Initial(s)., Author's surname, Initial(s)., & Author's surname, Initial(s). (Date of publication). Title of work: Subtitle
of work . Place of publication: Publisher.
- In-text citation, paraphrase: (Johnson, Roberts, & Worell, 1999)
NOTE: A subsequent citation would appear as (Johnson et al., 1999)
- In-text citation, quotation: (Johnson, Roberts, & Worell, 1999, p. 72)
Johnson, N. G., Roberts, M. C., & Worell, J. (Eds.). (1999). Beyond appearance: A new look at adolescent girls . Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
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The general format below refers to a book with three authors. For a book with four or five authors, you would add the additional names after the first three. If it is book that has three to five editors instead of authors, simply use the names of the editors followed by " (Eds.)" without the quotation marks as in the example below .