Parenthetical Citations

-have to be used when you use an idea from a book, encyclopedia, online article, journal, video, audio… in short, anything from which you used that idea

-acknowledges that the ideas you are using for your paper are not your own.

-is a way of strengthening your argument because you are using information that has already been proven (if you are using it from a strong source!)

-is information in your text that collaborates with a listing on your bibliography

Remember,

• You will need to add an entry in your bibliography for each item you use to correspond to your parenthetical parenthetical citation.
• Need more information? Follow THIS LINK to the Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL) for more information explanation on how to use Parenthetical Citations in all writing situations, using MLA format.