Three or more authors (MLA)

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Beginning of works cited entry

Leech, Geoffrey, et al.

Zumeta, William, et al.

Complete works cited entry

Leech, Geoffrey, et al. Change in Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study. Cambridge UP, 2009.

Zumeta, William, et al. Financing American Higher Education in the Era of Globalization. Harvard Education Press, 2012.

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  • In the works cited entry, name the first author followed by “et al.” (Latin for “and others”).
  • In an in-text citation, give the first author’s name and “et al.” in a parenthetical citation; give the first author’s name followed by “and others” in a text sentence.

General guidelines for the MLA works cited list

Directory to MLA works cited models

How to answer the basic question “Who is the author?”