Introduction Section Continued: Citing Others' Work
Use Author (year) format for the following sentence structure:
- Margolin and Abrams (2009) found . . .
- Several studies found that X affects Y (Anon, 2004; Mulvaney & Mebert, 2007; Suess, Blik, & Wen, 2001)
- If multiple studies are cited, order of citations is based on alphabetization of first authors' last name
Use Author et al. (year) when
- 2nd time work is cited for > 2 authors
- Each time when > 5 authors