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The author includes the person, persons, or organization (group) responsible for the work you are citing:
In-text citation |
Reference List |
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Personal Author For in-text citations, use the family name only;
For references, use the family name, plus up to 2 given names (initials only) |
(Smith, Year, p. page) |
Smith, K. E. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
Multiple Personal Authors For in-text citations, limit to 5 authors (note use of [et al.] to replace names);
For references, limit to 7 authors (note use of [...] to skip names) |
(Smith, Clarke, & Jones, Year, p. page) |
Smith, K. E., Clarke, A., & Jones, T. P. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
(Smith et al., Year, p. page) |
Smith, K. E., Clarke, A., Jones, T. P., Goodfellow, J. K., Oakey, L. M., Lints, P., . . . Shepley, M. D. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
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Editor(s) | (Smith, Clarke, & Jones, Year, p. page) | Smith, K. E., Clarke, A., & Jones, T. P. (Eds.). (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
Personal author(s), with unique roles |
(Smith, Clarke, & Jones, Year, p. page) |
Smith, K. E. (Director), Clarke, A. (Producer), & Jones, T. P. (Illustrator). (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
Group Author For Group Authors who commonly use an acronym, include the full name with the acronym in square brackets [ ] for the first in-text citation, then use only the acronym consistently in subsequent citations
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(Sheridan College, Year, p. page) |
Sheridan College. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
(American Psychological Association [APA], Year, p. page) (APA, Year, p. page) |
American Psychological Association. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
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Username, user id If the personal name is known, provide the username/id in square brackets [ ] after the personal name, in the reference list only.
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(Smith, Year, p. page) |
Smith, K. E. [Not_a_geek]. (Year, Month Day). Post text [Social Media Site]. Retrieved from URL |
(Not_a_geek, Year, p. page) |
Not_a_geek. (Year, Month Day). Post text [Social Media Site]. Retrieved from URL |
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Works Cited in another Source |
Sheridan College claims this "quote" (as cited in Smith, Year, p. page). |
Smith, K. E. (Year). Title. Retrieved from URL |
No Author For in-text citations, titles of books and reports are italicized, and titles of articles and other documents are put in quotation marks
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(Finding our way at Sheridan College, Year, p. page) |
Finding our way at Sheridan College. (Year). Retrieved from URL |
("Finding our way at Sheridan College," Year, p. page) |
Finding our way at Sheridan College. (Year). Title of publication, volume(issue), page-page. Retrieved from URL |
See the Publication Manual: 6.27 Author and Editor Information
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