How to make "et al" appear in in-text citations in APA 6th

[ahaake]

Hello,

I am using Endnote 8, APA 6th, and Word 2002. I am trying to get Endnote to cite one author plus et al when there are more than 3 authors.

After reading some messages in here, I have checked for the following:

Edit > Output styles > Edit “APA 6th”, then Citations/Author Lists, and it is currently ticked for:

“abbreviated author list - first appearance: if 6 or more authors, list the first 1 and abbreviate with et al in italics”

“abbreviated author list - subsequent appearance: if 3 or more authors, list the first 1 and abbreviate with et al in italics”

I have also checked settings in Word, Tools > Endnote > Format bibliography, and it is set to “Output style: APA 6th”

Nevertheless, when I try to insert citation into Word document, it comes out like this: (Oldham, 1995) 

The full reference is 

Oldham, G. R., Cummings, A., Mischel, L.J., Schmidtke, J.M., and Zhou, J. (1995). Listen while you work? Quasi-experimental relations between personal-stereo headset use and employee work response. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80(5), 547-564.

So I want the in-text citation to look more like this: (Oldham et al., 1995) 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks!

[ahaake]

Hi there,

Thanks for your very quick response! What is it that you need me to attach? The actual .ens-file for APA 6th?

Best regards

[ahaake]

Many thanks for your reply. I had not actually written each author on one line, but instead separated them with commas. Splitting them to one line per author now created a new problem: Endnote now cites all authors in the text. So now my citations say (Oldham, Cummings, Mischel, Schmidtke, & Zhou, 1995) - instead of (Oldham, 1995). Obviously made a difference, but still no et al… 

Have attached the things you required. I wish I was able to upgrade, but I am just a fairly poor PhD student studying a distance course, so I probably have to try and sort it out without the upgrade, unfortunately.  

Let me know if you have any other ideas, given the new circumstances above. 

Thanks again!

APA 6th.ens (59.8 KB)

[ahaake]

Fantastic! Huge thanks for all your help!!

[twisterq]

what is “first apperance box”, please  share a photo or en example 

[ranji04]

I followed that you’ve mentioned but not working. 

all authors names are showing not et al.

how can I fix this

[samaraaaa]

Dear it is not working when i chose the style from word ribbon and insert citation, i get blank no action on word page however if i chose another template it works 

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[abusayyid]

I have been looking for a solution to the issue of et. el., I find your suggestion to be very helpful. Thank you 

[abusayyid]

When you change the author number from 6 to 3 in the edit box, you need to “Save” it. Either you give it another APA name or under the same name advisable give it a new name like APA 6the New or something. 

[marcia0077]

Hi there,

I’m not sure whether you’re still looking for a solution for the ‘et al’ issue, but if you try to add a blank space before ‘et al’ on the ‘Author List page’ in endnote, I think it should work, I’m having the same issue, now I fixed it. Hope it would work for you. 

[robertpatterso1]

Bro doesn’t cite manually your papers. Use Vancouver citation generator before I also cite my papers manually but this type of error I have faced daily. So I start searching on the internet and I found citation generator

[candis]

Hi Leanne,

I am a brand new endnote user, so thanks in advance for your patience.

Under “Author Separators” I only seem to have 2 options.  Is there a way to create a 3rd option?  This is what I am trying to achieve:

2 Authors:

Always cite both authors’ names in-text everytime you reference them. Example: Johnson and Smith (2009) found…

3-5 Authors:

Provide all the authors’ last names when you first refer to a document with 3-5 authors. Only list the first author with the Latin abbreviation “et al.” for any subsequent references.

Example:

   Jones, Chavez, Jackson, and Chen (2010) duplicated…

   Jones et al. (2010) further described…

6 or More Authors:

If a document has six or more authors, simply provide the last name of the first author with “et al.” from the first citation to the last.

Example:

   Thomas et al. (2007) likened abnormal psychology to…

   … distractions (Thomas et al., 2007).

Important Note: If you have two or more documents that look the same when shortened, please follow the guidelines set out in the Authors and Dates Matching section.

[mihollerbach]

Hi there. I have been doing all what has been suggested but stil doesnt work.

I noticed that even though I save as a new style, as soon as I close it down and re-open the changes are gone.

Any reason for that?

Cheers

[kevinmcconville]

I’ve been following the advice given in this thread. Alternate saved / named  file, correct authors, etc but still can’t get a 3 author book to appear as et al in the citation? What am I missing? Thanks.