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In-text citations should show exactly where you have used others’ ideas and words. In-text citations point the reader to the source on the References page. Click HERE for a three minute video on in-text citations.
Please note that MyBib has a feature which helps you with in-text citations.
Direct quotations and paraphrasing
Introduce any direct quotations or paraphrase with the name of the author and also include the page number. Look carefully at the punctuation.
#Short direct quotes are framed with quotation marks and followed by the page number/s in parentheses at the end of the quote.
Jasmine Rekaf states that “MLA8 has changed to help students cite electronic resources with greater ease” (24).
#OR you can paraphrase. Don’t use quotation marks when you paraphrase.
Jasmine Rekaf believes that when it comes to citing sources, the new MLA8 is a better fit in our digital age (24).
#If you don’t use the author’s name to introduce the quoted or paraphrased material, then put the author’s last name and page number in parentheses at the end of the quote or paraphrased material.
The new MLA8 has been developed to allow for the huge range of electronic sources students now access (Rekaf 24).
#You would find the following entry in the References page:
Rekaf, Jasmine. How to reference. Penguin, 2016.
Page numbers
If your citation comes from two page numbers or a range of page numbers list all the numbers, example: 51-59.
If page numbers have three digits and the first digit is the same in both repeat only the final two, example: 254-57.
If your source has no page numbers but has other reference numbers (eg paragraphs, chapters or sections) the use those instead. Put the abbreviation before the number, example (Smith, par. 3), (Jones, pars. 7-9), (Brown, ch. 4), (White, chs. 24-29), (May, sec. B), (June, secs. 5-7).
If there are no numbers or any other kind of reference numbers, then leave the page numbers out.
Names
The first time a person’s name is used in a sentence for the in-text citation then us his or her full name as it appears in your source. Don’t include academic degrees or titles. The next time you refer to the person, use only his/her last name.
ONLY use the last name in the parenthesis. No initials. You can use initials if it’s the only way to differentiate between two sources.
Signal words & phrases you can use for in-text citations:
according to; acknowledges; advises; agrees; allows; believes; claims; comments; compares; concludes; concurs; confirms; contends; criticizes; declares; denies; disagrees; discusses; disputes; emphasizes; expresses; endorses; from; grants; illustrates; implies; in the words of researchers ** and **; interprets; insists; lists; notes; objects; observes; offers; opposes; points out; reasons; refutes; rejects; remarks; replies; reports; responds; reveals; says; suggests; states; thinks; writes.
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