When citing more than two authors in scholarly work, when do I write et al?

Answer 1

depends what system you are following.

Harvard system is 4 or more.

Answer 2

The first time you site all the name and the year. The second time if it is three or more you can just say 'smith et al, 1992', under 3 you still have to state all the name. But you should really check with your department, they may have different rules

Answer 3

Up to 3 you write their names, over 3 you write first name and et al

Answer 4

In APA style:

Use et al only for in-text citations AFTER you have done a first in-text citation listing all of the authors. Use only for more than 2 authors.

In-Text: (two authors):
(Brown & Smith, 2000)

In-Text (three or more authors):
(Brown, Williams, & Smith, 2000)

In-Text (subsequent references):
(Brown et al., 2000)

Answer 5

I think in APA format, you write et al if there are more than 6 authors.

Answer 6

It sort of depends on what citation style you are using and what type of work it is--look at the following websites for help:
This one generates citations for you in APA and MLA:
http://citationmachine.net/
This is good for MLA:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Answer 7

At the end, you put a section called 'References', and list all the people and articles you have mentioned in your work

Answer 8

Look up at the MLA site... I don't have my MLA hand book here.. sorry