Example 1 – Two Authors
In-Text:
(Dobson and Kamboureli 89)
Works Cited:
Dobson, Kit, and Smaro Kamboureli. Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace. Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2012.
Example 2 – Two Editors
In-Text:
(Shatz and Wilkinson 156)
Works Cited:
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
In-Text:
(Bennett et al. 303)
Works Cited:
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.