Website Citation (with author)
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Article or Individual Page." Title of the website, Name of the
publisher, Date of publication, URL. Date accessed.
Example:
White, Lori. "The Newest Fad in People Helping People." Upworthy, Cloud Tiger Media, 3 Aug. 2016,
www.upworthy.com/. 30 Apr. 2024.
Website Citation (without author)
"Title of the Article or Individual Page." Title of the website, Name of the publisher, Date of publication, URL. Date
accessed.
Example:
"Giant Panda." Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institute, 2021, nationalzoo.si.edu. 30 Apr.
2024.
In-Text or Parenthetical Citations
In-Text citations are brief citations found after a direct quote or a paraphrase. They are located within the body of your work.
In-Text citations are placed in parentheses, and have two components:
The first word found in the full citation on the Works Cited page (usually the last name of the author)
The location of the direct quote or paraphrase (usually a page number)
In-Text citations should be placed directly after the direct quote or paraphrase.
Example:
In order to prevent starvation, Watney knew exactly what he needed to do. "My best bet for making calories is potatoes" (Weir 17).
Example:
When using the author's name in the sentence, only include the page number in the parentheses.
Seuss's use of words such as, "lurk" and "dank" help students understand the type of character that the Once-ler is (6).