Author Listings

One author List the author last name first (followed by a comma), and insert a period at the end of the name.

image

Two authors List the first author last name first (followed by a comma). List the second author in the usual first-name/last-name order. Insert the word and before the second author’s name, and follow it with a period.

image

Three or more authors List the first author last name first (followed by a comma). Then insert et al. (which means and others in Latin) in regular type (not italics).

image

Unknown author Begin the entry with the title.

image

Corporation, organization, or government agency as author Use the name of the corporation, organization, or government agency as the author.

image

Two or more works by the same author Replace the author’s name in subsequent entries with three hyphens, and alphabetize the works by the first important word in the title:

image