Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with a known author: (last name, page number). For example: (Jones 8)
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with no known author: ("title of work," page number). For example: ("Healing the Healthy" 717). For works with longer titles, use an abbreviated title for your citation. For example, if you are citing an article called "A Treatise on the Expertise of Learned Doctors Previously Unknown," you may want to cite it in the following manner: ("Treatise on Expertise" 14).
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with several authors: (Name 1 and Name 2, page number) or (Name 1, Name 2 and Name 3, page number). For works that have four or more authors, use the following format: (Name 1 et al., page number) Examples: (Jones, Smith and Johnson 5), (Jones et al. 5)
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing several sources by the same author: (Name, "Title," page number). For example: (Hemingway, "Sun Also Rises" 19), (Hemingway, "Farewell to Arms 26)
Place citations after a sentence but before the period. For example: "It has been argued that elves exist (Jones 9)."
Take note of special rules. For instance, if you have already mentioned the author's name in the text, this information should not appear in your citation. For example: "Jones has argued that elves exist (9)."
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with a known author: (Last name, year of publication). For example: (Jones, 1993)
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with no known author: ("title of work," year). For example: ("Healing the Healthy," 2001)
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing a source with several authors: (Name 1 & Name 2, year) or (Name 1, Name 2, Name 3, Name 4 & Name 5, year). For works that have six or more authors, use the following format: (Name 1 et al., year). Examples: (Jones, Smith & Johnson, 1981), (Jones et al., 1981)
Format your citation in the following format if you are citing several sources by the same author that were published in the same year: (Name, Year a), (Name, Year b), (Name, Year c). For example: (Hemingway, 1938a), (Hemingway, 1938b)
Place citations after a sentence but before the period. For example: "It has been argued that elves exist (Jones, 1993)."
Quote a specific passage from a text by including page information. For example:
It has been argued that "elves exist" (Jones, 1993, p.9).
Take note of special rules. For instance, if you have already mentioned the author's name in your text, then you should not repeat that information in your citation. In that case, place the date of publication after the name of the author. For example: "Jones (1993) has argued that elves exist."
Similarly, if you have mentioned the name of the author in the text, and you are quoting directly from the work, place the date of publication after the name of the author, and the page number you are referring to after the direct quote. For example:
Jones (1993) has argued that "elves exist" (p. 9) in other parts of the world.