Reference Citations for Two or More Works Within the Same Parentheses

List two or more works by different authors who are cited within the same parentheses in alphabetical order by the first author's surname. Separate the citations with semicolons.

For example:
Several studies (Balda, 1980; Kamil, 1988; Pepperberg & Funk, 1990)

Exception: You may separate a major citation from other citations within parentheses by inserting a phrase such as see also, before the first of the remaining citations, which should be in alphabetical order.

For example:
(Minor, 2001; see also Adams, 1999; Storandt, 1997)

(adapted from the fifth edition of APA's Publication Manual, © 2001)

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