Two or more works by the same author in the same year

In-text citation

Research by Durgin (2003b) has yielded new findings about the role of counseling in treating childhood obesity.

Explain

When your list of references includes more than one work by the same author in the same year, you will alphabetize the works by title and then use lowercase letters (“a,” “b,” and so on) with the year. Use those same letters with the year in the in-text citation.

Beginning of reference list entries

Durgin, P. A. (2003a). At-risk behaviors in children.

Durgin, P. A. (2003b). Treating obesity with psychotherapy.

Directory to APA in-text citation models

Exercise: APA documentation: in-text citations 1

Exercise: APA documentation: in-text citations 2

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