Three or more authors

In-text citations

Paraphrasing

The literature review is … (Booth et al. 15).

Direct quote

Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide the page number(s) from the book.

According to Booth et al. "the literature review is a crucial part of any research study because …" (15)

Works Cited

Template

Author. Title. Publisher, Year.

Example

Booth, Wayne C., et al. The Craft of Research. 3rd ed., U of Chicago P, 2008.

Notes on style

• Name first author followed by "et al." (a Latin abbreviation for "et alia", Latin for "and others").