Basic format for a summary or a paraphrase (two authors)

In-text citations

Yanovski and Yanovski (2002) explained that sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain (p. 594).

Sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain ( Yanovski & Yanovski, 2002, p. 594).

Explain

  • Include the author’s last name and the year either in a signal phrase introducing the material or in parentheses following it.

  • Give a page number, if the source is paginated, to help readers find the passage.

  • See Web source with no page numbers for the use of paragraph numbers and headings in online sources.

Reference list entry

Yanovski, S. Z., & Yanovski, J. A. (2002). Drug therapy: Obesity. The New England Journal of Medicine, 346, 591-602.

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