Answered By: Lorna Smith
Last Updated: Jun 26, 2023     Views: 83

When referencing multiple sources that have the same author and date, it can be tricky to differentiate the in-text citations. You first need to alphabetise your references in your final list – as they have the same author and year, move along your reference to the first letter of the source’s title. You then write a lower capital a, b, c etc. after the source’s year, for example:

Smith, L. (2001a) ‘Another life to live for Dorothy….
Smith, L. (2001b) ‘Bye bye yellow brick road…
Smith, L. (2001c) ‘Who said life would be easy for Toto…

The reader will then know which reference you are referring to in your in-text citation, for example:

Research shows (Smith, 2001b, p.20) that the yellow brick road was a myth…