If you place the bracketed reference at the end of the sentence, the full stop follows the brackets and there is no stop in front of them. Emphasis There are times when words or phrases in the text can helpfully be emphasized. If you are using a quotation it is important to declare whether the emphasis is yours or that of the original author. If you have italicized or emboldened the words, state added emphasis , if it was in the work you are quoting from, state original emphasis . If there are three or more authors , give the first name only, followed by et al.
Suitable phrases are, and others , and colleagues or and associates .
This is the date when the book was published . In that case you would still give the date of publication of that edition, but add 1994 Reprint , using the right year, of course. If a second or subsequent edition has been published, this starts a new year of publication and if that edition was the one you consulted, you would give that date. If the work you are using was republished at a later date because it has become a classic text but the publication date is not the year in which it originally appeared, this is an exception to the rule that you cite what you actually accessed. ALL the details that you will later need.