How to Cite a Work Within a Collection With Two Authors

MLA Style

• 1

  Format your bibliographic entry in the following manner:

  Author's last name, first name, and first name last name. "Title of Essay or Article." Title of Collection in Italics. Ed. editor's first name last name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages. Medium of Publication.

  For example:

  Smith, Bob and John Jones. "Modern Drama and Public Plays." Essays on Contemporary Theater. Ed. Sam Stone. New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 2005. 19-25. Print.

• 2

  List the last names of both authors and the page number when citing within the text. For example:

  (Smith and Jones 22)

• 3

  Cite within the text whenever you quote or paraphrase from your source. For example:

  There is some evidence that public performances are experiencing "a significant and somewhat surprising upswell in popularity" (Smith and Jones 22).

APA Style

• 4

  Format your bibliographic entry in the following manner:

  Author's last name, first initial, & author's last name, first initial. (Year of Publication). Title of article or essay. In editor's first initial. last name (Ed.), Title of book in italics (pp. pages). City of Publication: Publisher.

  For example:

  Smith, B. & Jones, J. (2005). Modern drama and public plays. In S. Stone (Ed.), Essays on contemporary theater (pp. 19-25). New York: Houghton-Mifflin.

• 5

  List the last names of both authors, the year and the page number when citing within the text. Place an ampersand between the names of the authors and a letter "p" and period before the page number. Separate the elements with commas. For example:

  (Smith & Jones, 2005, p. 22)

• 6

  Cite within the text whenever you quote or paraphrase from your source. For example:

  There is some evidence that public performances are experiencing "a significant and somewhat surprising upswell in popularity" (Smith & Jones, 2005, p. 22).