Sources with more than one author or editor
Answer
Many students worry about citing sources that have more than one author because the names use up words from their limited word-count.
If a source has one to three authors, all of them must be written in the in-text citation.
Example
...differences between static and dynamic balance are often more pronounced in adolescence (Hosseini, Norasteh and Nemati, 2019, p.54).
However, if there are more than three authors, you can instead write out only the first author’s name and then use et al. Et al. is a Latin phrase that means ‘and others’. Because it’s not English, you should always write it in italics (slanted text). Always put a full stop after al. as it’s an abbreviation of a longer word.
Example
In this example, a student is using a source written by Tod, Bond, Leonard, Gilsenan and Palfreyman.
Some research suggests that many critical clinical questions get lost or forgotten in the time between practice and reflection (Tod et al., 2006, p.626).
Only use et al. in in-text citations: in your full reference list, you must list all of the authors. Remember that your reference list is not included in your word count, though!
