1 -2 authors
With 1 or 2 authors, list all authors in the full citation on the References page.
With 1 or 2 authors, follow these examples for in-text citations:
Paraphrase:
Direct Quote:
3 - 7 authors
With 3 to 7 authors, list all authors in the full citation on the References page.
With 3 to 7 authors, follow these examples for in-text citations:
Paraphrase:
Direct Quote:
8 or more authors
With 8 or more authors, list the first 6 authors. After the sixth author's name, use a comma and then an ellipses in place of the following authors’ names. Then provide the final author name.
Example:
Citations in Text
Paraphrase:
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Corporate author
Sometimes a corporate entity is the author of your resource.
Example:
Health Canada. (2011). Eating well with Canada’s food guide. Retrieved from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php
Direct Quotation
If you quote directly (use the exact words from your source), use quotation marks and cite the page in the in-text citation.
Paraphrase
If you paraphrase (use your own words to express the author's ideas), do not use quotation marks. You are not required to use the page number in the in-text citation.