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  • 07-01-2011 12:22pm
    #1
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭


    I'm writing out the bibliography part of my essay , on one of the journal papers I cited, it has about 12 authors... do I need to write in all their names?


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  • #2
    FluffyCat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭FluffyCat


    Generally, if there are more than 5 authors, you would write the first name followed by et al. Just implies that there are others.


  • #3
    Sir Ophiuchus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Sir Ophiuchus


    In APA style, you put the first six authors, an ellipsis (...), and the last author.

    I had to do this last month, here's an example:

    Anton, R., O'Malley, S., Ciraulo, D., Cisler, R., Couper, D., Donovan, D., ... Zweben, A. (2006). Combined pharmacotherapies and behavioral interventions for alcohol dependence – The COMBINE study: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 295(17), 2003-2017.

    In the actual text, you can use Anton et al., of course, but the bibliography rules are different.


  • #4
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Scrappychimow


    Cool, thanks for the help


  • #5
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Anyone who needs to do a lot of essays or papers should get to know Endnote it really is worth the effort.

    http://www.tcd.ie/Library/support/endnote/


  • #6
    almostnever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭almostnever


    dub45 wrote: »
    Anyone who needs to do a lot of essays or papers should get to know Endnote it really is worth the effort.

    http://www.tcd.ie/Library/support/endnote/

    How did I not know this existed!? Thanks so much, major relief! :)


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  • #7
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    almostnever wrote: »
    How did I not know this existed!? Thanks so much, major relief! :)

    I am amazed at the number of people who dont know about it - it should be one of the first things new students are told about.

    The library regularly run courses on it and it is well worth taking the time to do one - usually lasts about two hours.

    Another tip is that if you use google scholar you can set it up to export the references into Endnote - look at the scholar preferences.

    Another point apparently the latest version of Endnote wont work yet with 64 bit versions of Word 2010. Also there are plenty of videos about Endnote on youtube.


  • #8
    Unshelved
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭Unshelved


    Because of demand, Endnote classes are for postgraduates only.

    We recommend that undergraduates use EndnoteWeb, which - while it doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Endnote has - is free and is easier to use.

    http://www.tcd.ie/Library/support/endnote/endnote-web.php


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