Module One - Overview
Text Citations
Author-Date text citations must agree with the Reference list in both name and date.
There is no punctuation between the author and date in the text citation. If there are two or more works by different authors with the same last name, use an initial to note the difference. If citing a specific page within a work, include the page number in the text citation. The page number follows the date and is preceded by a comma.
(Name year, page)
(Martens 2004, 203)
Text citations are placed just before a punctuation mark. If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, it isn’t necessary to repeat the name in the citation. If syntax allows, the citation of a source can precede the quotation. If citing the same source several times, place the text citation after the last reference or at the end of the paragraph. Works by the same author(s) in the same year are differentiated by the letters a, b, etc. (16.116).
If a work has two or three authors, include all names in the text citations. If there are three or more authors, use et al. or others in the text citation. See 17.29-30.
(Morgan et al. 1997, 139)
In a study by Morgan and others (1997),
Two or more references in a single text citation must be separated by semicolons. The order depends on the importance of the items cited.
(Morgan and Jones, 1989; Smith, 2001; James 2009)
Works by the same author are separated by a comma.
(Morgan 1989, 1998; James 2009a, 2009b)
Titles and subtitles are separated by a colon. Books and articles are capitalized sentence style, meaning only the first word of every sentence is capitalized. Names of journal are capitalized headline style. The titles of BOOKS AND JOURNALS are italicized. Article and chapter titles are NOT italicized or in quotations.
Author, Name. date. Book title.
Author, Name. date. Article title. Journal Title.
Smith, Jane. 2009. The blue fox and the moon.
Smith, Jane. 2009. The green and icy leaves. American Journal of Leaves.