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Academic Honesty and Plagiarism | Citation styles
 

Text citations

In-text citations appear within the text: (author surname - publication year).

Two authors:
(First author surname - and - second author surname - publication year)
e.g. (Howard and Blair 2003)
Three or more authors:
(First author surname - et al. - publication year)
e.g. (Howard et al. 2003)
Book with editor:
(Chapter author surname - publication year)
e.g. (Zadeh 2003)
Anonymous book:
(Book title - publication year)
e.g. (The spin 1996)
Website:
(Product name - publication year)
e.g. (Aderco 2004)
A standard:
(Standards authority name - publication year)
e.g. (ASTM 1997)
A software manual:
(Software producer name - publication year)
e.g. (ABAQUS 2003)
A discussion:
(Participant #1 surname - and - participant #2 surname - publication year)
e.g. (Howard and Blair 2003)

It is important to BE CONSISTENT when you are referencing

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