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If you need to refer to two or more sources by the same author in different years, there is no need to keep repeating the author’s surname in the citation. Include the surname and the oldest year first, then separate the other years by semicolons (;).
References by the same author (or by the same group of authors in the same order) are arranged by year of publication in the Reference list, with the earliest first. For references with the same author and year, the references are arranged alphabetically by title (ignoring “A” or “The”).
How do you cite multiple items by the same author?
In the Works Cited (Per the MLA Handbook (8th edition), p. 113: To cite two or more works by the same author, give the name in the first entry only. Thereafter, in place of the name, type three hyphens, followed by a period and the title. The three hyphens stand for exactly the same name as in the preceding entry.
When do references have the same author and year?
When multiple references have an identical author (or authors) and publication year, include a lowercase letter after the year. These letters are assigned when the references are placed in order in the reference list (alphabetically by title, following the guidelines in Section 9.47).
How to sorting and citation order by appearance?
The citation I have currently looks like this: (Frank et al., 2005; John et al., 2002; Matthew, 2008) I would like to sort it by year or turn off sorting so it will show up in the order I type it in the document.
How to organize references in the same order?
If you are using more than one reference by the same author (or the same group of authors listed in the same order) published in the same year, organize them in the reference list alphabetically by the title of the article or chapter.
How to identify multiple works by the same author?
Give the authors’ surnames once; for each subsequent work, give only the date. Identify works by the same author (or by the same two or more authors in the same author) with the same publication date by the suffixes a, b, c, and so forth, after the year; repeat the year.