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Answered By: Ellen Quilty. May 19, 2021 2196 The APA Style format for author names in reference list entries is to provide the author’s surname(s) followed by the initials of their given name(s). If a surname is hyphenated include both names and the hyphen in the reference list entry and the in-text citation.
To cite works by these people, provide the full name without abbreviation, because abbreviating the given name would render the name unintelligible. So for example, a work by Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, would be cited as such: Reference list: Sukarno.
What do you write in a bibliography for a school project?
Generally, this includes:
- Author/editor(s)
- Publication date(s)
- Title.
- Publisher/company.
- Volume.
- Pages.
- Websites.
How do you initialize a hyphenated first name?
When citing an author with a hyphenated first name in order of appearance, use the first letter with period, then present the second letter preceded by a hyphen. Example: Author is Jean-Baptise Lamour Reference citation style is Lamour, J. -B.
How do you initialize a hyphenated last name?
For an individual with a hyphenated last name, begin with the first name initial, followed by the two last name initials, and end with the middle name initial. The two last name initials (center) will be larger.
How do you cite an author’s first name only?
When there is only one name, simply use that name. The guiding principal of citation is to give a clear and unambiguous pointer for finding the work in question and related works.
When Citing do you use first name or last name?
This general rule in-text citation or in the reference list is to start with the author’s surname or family name. In Western names, the surname is the last name element. However, Chinese names, the surname is the first element. In some other Asian names, there are no surname elements.