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Always use the hanging indent for each citation. Alphabetize the references by the first author’s last name or by Title, if no Author is listed. Need Help? Please enable Javascript to use this chat service.
How to include the name of the author in a reference?
For repeated authors or editors, include the full name in all references (note: this is a change from the third edition of the ASA Style Guide ). Arrange references for the same author in chronological order, beginning with the oldest. Baltzell, E. Digby. 1958.
You can list up to seven authors in the Reference list citation. Always invert every author name to position the surname first and any initials second. See examples above. If you have more than seven authors, list the first six authors followed by an ellipsis and ending with the last author listed.
Do you use first name or middle name for authors?
Include first names for all authors, rather than initials, but use first-name and middle-name initials if an author used initials in the original publication. List all authors.
Which is first in a reference list citation?
Reference list citations start with Author information. Since Author information comes first, it is the first component that your readers will identify and therefore needs to tie most directly to the In-text citation.
Do you include initials in an APA citation?
You only need to provide initials for the first and middle names, but do include initials for all middle names provided by the source. Include a comma after every last name and in-between different authors’ names. Include a period after every initial. Always close the Author portion of the citation with one period. See examples above.
Include a comma after every last name and in-between different authors’ names. Include a period after every initial. Always close the Author portion of the citation with one period.