How do I reference multiple works by the same author?
Author of more than one source published in different years
If you have lots of resources / publications by the same author, list according to the year of publication, beginning with the earliest year. Lists sources that don't have a date before sources that do.
Reference list entry
Tait, M. (n.d.). APA ahoy: Learning to love referencing. Lola.
Tait, M. (2014). The joys of referencing: Theories, processes and practice. Lola.
Tait, M. (2019). Inciting the in-text citation: Getting referencing right the first time. Sproutbooks.
In-text citations
Narrative
Tait (2014) argues that ... (p. 182).
Parenthetical
... (Tait, 2014, p. 182).
Authors of more of than one source published in the same year
For works by the same author in the same year, arrange alphabetically by title of work and distinguish works by adding lowercase letter (a, b, c) after publication date (determined by alphabetised title, not order of citation in text).
Reference list entry
Tait, M. (2019a). Inciting the in-text citation: Getting referencing right the first time. Sproutbooks.
Tait, M. (2019b). Revere the referencer: Why referencing is critical to successful study. Lola.
In-text citations
Narrative
Tait (2019b) argues that ... (p. 182).
Parenthetical
... (Tait, 2019b, p. 182).
Author of more than one source published in the same year with no date
Arrange alphabetically by title of work. Make sure the letters (-a,-b etc) in your in-text citations match up with the letters in your reference list.
Reference list entry
Tait, M. (n.d.-a). Inciting the in-text citation: Getting referencing right the first time. Sproutbooks.
Tait, M. (n.d.-b). The joys of referencing: Theories, processes and practice. Lola.
In-text citations
Narrative
Tait (n.d.-a) argues that ... (p. 182).
Parenthetical
... (Tait, n.d.-a, p. 182).
Author of one work is also the co-author of another work
Single-author entries always precede those with multiple authors, even if the multi-author work was published earlier.
Reference list entry
Tait, M. (2014). The joys of referencing: Theories, processes and practice. Lola.
Tait, M., & Reynolds, K. (2011). Information literacy 101: Making library lessons vibrant and engaging. Pukapuka House.
In-text citations
Narrative
Tait and Reynolds (2011) argue that ... (p. 182).
Parenthetical
... (Tait & Reynolds, 2011, p. 182).
APA Style (7th ed.)
Each instance of quoted or paraphrased information within a paragraph needs a citation. Since one citation at the end of a paragraph only notes that the last sentence of the paragraph came from the cited source, earlier sentences in the paragraph should also introduce the citation instead or in addition to other citations in paraphrased sentences from the same source. A single citation in a paragraph with more than one instance of quoted or paraphrased information may also incorrectly appear to be your own work instead of the author you are quoting or paraphrasing. If it is not clear that an instance of quoted or paraphrased information came from another source, the quoted or paraphrased text may be considered plagiarism.
In order to make it clear that quoted or paraphrased information is not your own work, cite every quotation and every new instance of paraphrased information in your paragraphs. Each citation to a quotation should include a parenthetical page number, as well as the author of the quoted text and year of publication. In paragraphs that contain one overall instance of paraphrased information, “cite the source in the first sentence in which it is relevant and do not repeat the citation in subsequent sentences as long as the source remains clear and unchanged” (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 254). If the paragraph subsequently paraphrases new information from a different location in the source, or from another source, additional citation in the paragraph is appropriate.
Occasionally, a long paraphrase may continue over several paragraphs. Although it may not be necessary to repeat the full in-text citation for the paraphrase in each sentence, it is still necessary to begin subsequent paragraphs with a full in-text citation (APA, 2020, p. 270). If you are citing the same information repeatedly within one or more paragraphs, please see Long Paraphrases from the APA Style website and our Visual Guide to Citing Paraphrases for information on how to format those citations. For detailed information on how to format citations to quoted or paraphrased information in APA Style, please see What is an In-text Citation in APA Style?, What is a Quotation and How Should it be Formatted in APA Style?, and What is Paraphrasing in APA Style? as well as the RRU guide called Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing.
Reference
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). //doi.org/10.1037/0000165-0000