Work with More Than One Author

 

Title:  Dietary and physical activity behaviors of middle school youth: the youth physical activity and nutrition survey (Research Article)(Report)

Author(s):  Lauren B. Zapata, Carol A. Bryant, 

Robert J. McDermott and Jennie A. Hefelfinger. 

Source:  Journal of School Health 78.1 (Jan 2008):  p9(10). 

Document Type:  Magazine/Journal

 

Works Cited:

 

1.  List the author’s names as they appear, not alphabetically. 

 

2.  Separate the names with commas.

 

3.  Reverse only the first author’s name.

 

4.  If there are 4+ authors, you can use et al (“and others”) after

the first author.

 

Example:  See 169 for >1 author.

 

Zapata, Lauren B., Carol A. Bryant, Robert J. McDermott, and

 

Jennie A. Hefelfinger.  “Dietary and physical activity

 

behaviors of middle school youth:  the youth physical activity

 

And nutrition survey.” 

 

OR

 

Zapata, Lauren B., et al.  “Dietary and physical activity…”

 

In-text Citations:  See page 159

 

1.  Include all of the names in the sentence OR parentheses. 

 

As we learn in “Evaluating Caffeine Levels” by Jason Cook, Megan Steinborn, and Kelly Ramzel, “Blah, blah, blah” (5).

 

As we learn in “Evaluating Caffeine Levels,” “Blah, blah, blah” (Cook, Steinborn, and Ramzel 5).

 

2.  For 4+ authors, use only the first author’s name followed by “et al.”

 

According to Lauren B. Zapata et al., …

 

We also learn that “blah blah blah” (Zapata et al.).