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APA 7th Edition Referencing: Multiple Works By the Same Author Published in the Same Year

Multiple works by the same author published in the same year

NOTES

• Add a, b, c after the year to differentiate works by the same author(s) published in the same year
• Order alphabetically by title of the work in the reference list


For references that have no date (shown by n.d.), use the following forms for the date in the in-text citation and reference list: (n.d.-a), (n.d.-b) etc.

Examples:
In-text citation
(Clarke & Fawcett, 2014b).

Narrative

Clarke and Fawcett (2014a) suggest that...


References
Clarke, P. N., & Fawcett, J. (2014a). Life as a mentor. Nursing Science Quarterly, 27(3), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318414534492
Clarke, P. N., & Fawcett, J. (2014b). Life as a nurse researcher. Nursing Science Quarterly, 27(1), 37-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318413509708

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