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Adding More Director(s)

You can add up to ten directors to your citation. The initial 'Add / Edit Citation Window' has space for three directors.

To add / edit more than three directors:

  1. Enter / edit the details of the first three directors and then click the 'More Than Three' button.
  2. A new window will open allowing you to add / edit a further seven directors. Enter the directors details and click 'Close'.

Most references only have one or two directors. Sometimes there are three or more. If there are three directors then they should all be named in both in-text and reference/bibliography lists. However, if there are more than three directors, in-text references should give the name of the first and then say et al.

'Document it' allows you to input up to 10 authors. It is exceptional for there to be more than 10 authors but if this occurs the user will have to add the extra authors into the reference list and bibliography. In-text citations would still automatically use et al.

For example, a full reference of:

Currier, S., Barton, J., O'Beirne, R. & Ryan, B. (2004) 'Quality assurance for digital learning object repositories: issues for the metadata creation process', ALT-J, 12 (1), pp. 5-20.

would appear in-text as Currier et al. (2004) or (Currier et al., 2004).

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