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Okay, so I'm working on a piece of academic writing for university. By this point I'm pretty confident with my referencing. However, I seem to have come across a tricky one...
So. I have an article written by 3 authors: Douglas, Whitlock and Stumm. However, the tricky part is that it is clear within the article that Douglas and Whitlock wrote the first part of the article, and Stumm wrote only a short bit at the end. (The article is broken down into 2 sections, with names attributed accordingly.)
So, if I want to reference in-text something written in the Douglas and Whitlock section, do I write it as "Douglas and Whitlock (2008, p. 4) observe..."? Or do I have to add Stumm's name as well? I ask because it seems to me that I should just reference Douglas and Whitlock, but that in the references list at the end of my paper, I'm going to have to reference the entire article, including Stumm's name! This, naturally, might call into question my referencing skills.
So yes. I'm a little confused here. Is there an established protocol for such instances?
Any help is much appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Okay, so I'm working on a piece of academic writing for university. By this point I'm pretty confident with my referencing. However, I seem to have come across a tricky one...
So. I have an article written by 3 authors: Douglas, Whitlock and Stumm. However, the tricky part is that it is clear within the article that Douglas and Whitlock wrote the first part of the article, and Stumm wrote only a short bit at the end. (The article is broken down into 2 sections, with names attributed accordingly.)
So, if I want to reference in-text something written in the Douglas and Whitlock section, do I write it as "Douglas and Whitlock (2008, p. 4) observe..."? Or do I have to add Stumm's name as well? I ask because it seems to me that I should just reference Douglas and Whitlock, but that in the references list at the end of my paper, I'm going to have to reference the entire article, including Stumm's name! This, naturally, might call into question my referencing skills.
So yes. I'm a little confused here. Is there an established protocol for such instances?
Any help is much appreciated, and thanks in advance.
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