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Multiple Works, Same Author

Order of Multiple Sources, Same Author(s)

This example shows book citations, but the rule applies to all source types.

First Entry by Author(s) (determined alphabetically)

General Format:  Author last name comma first name period. book title in title case and italics period. publisher comma publication year period.   Description of Citation: Tutola comma Amos period. Pauper comma Brawler comma and Slanderer period. Faber and Faber comma 1987 period.

Second Entry by Same Author(s). [5.126]

Replace author name(s) with dash dash dash.

General Format:  Dash dash dash period. book title in title case and italics period. publisher comma year of publication period.  Description of Citation: Dash dash dash period. The Witch hyphen Herbalist of the Remote Town period.  Faber and Faber comma 1981 period.

In-text Citations

Author Name(s) in Parenthetical Citation:

"Wisconsin produces many original cheeses, including Muenster, Colby, Colby-Monterey Jack, Airco, Cupola, Marbled Blue-Jack, Brick, and cheese curds" (Tutola, Pauper, Brawler 49).

"Wisconsin has over 600 varieties of cheese" (Tutola, The Witch-Herbalist 26).

Author Name(s) in Your Text. Add start of title to differentiate works with the same author(s):

According to Tutola, "Wisconsin produces two original cheeses, Colby and Brick" (Pauper, Brawler 49).

According to Tutola, "Wisconsin has over 600 varieties of cheese" (The Witch-Herbalist 26).