Example 1 – Two Authors
First Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name, and Second Author’s First and Last Names. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
IT: (Dobson and Kamboureli 89)
WC: Dobson, Kit, and Smaro Kamboureli. Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace.
Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2012.
Example 2 – Two Editors
First Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name, and Second Author’s First and Last Names, editors. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
IT: (Shatz and Wilkinson 156)
WC: Shatz, Marilyn, and Louise C. Wilkinson, editors. The Education of English Language Learners: Research to
Practice. Guilford, 2010.
Example 3 – Three or more Authors or Editors
First Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name, et al. Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.
IT: (Bennett et al. 303)
WC: Bennett, Tony, et al. New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Blackwell, 2005.
NOTE: In the case of more than three authors or editors, it is also acceptable to include all of the authors' or editors' names in the in-text parenthetical reference and works cited entry, if you choose to do so. Whichever you choose, be consistent.