Guideline Example
7.2 The first piece of information given in an in-text reference must match the first piece of information given in the corresponding entry on the list of works cited (usually author or title).
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This point already had been argued unsuccessfully (Jones 294-95). |
When possible, follow the information with the exact page numbers from the original source.
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Critics of the concept ask if a large society would be able to handle the loss (“Surveillance Society” 115). |
Place the in-text citation as near as possible to the material being cited. |
The crash of 1929 was one such even (“The Great Depression” 37), but many others can be considered as evidence of this type of economic cycle. |
7.3 When the author of title of the source is given in a sentence, the in-text citation needs only provide the page numbers |
Kozol reported this finding in 1989 (2).
In his Autobiography, Franklin notes he prepared a list of thirteen virtues (135-37).
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7.4.2 If the source provides fixed paragraph or section numbers, include the appropriate abbreviation before the relevant numbers.
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This was not unusual for the time (Mouton pars. 19-20). |
If the source lacks numbering, omit numbers from the in-text citation.
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Greenpeace notes that this phenomenon has been seen mainly in North America (Smith). |
7.4.6 If the works cited list contains more than one work by the same author, the in-text citation should include the appropriate title (which may be shortened), followed by the page numbers.
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This work of Shakespeare’s has been called “a comedy of the grotesque” (Frye, Anatomy 217). |
7.2 If the works cited list contains more than one author with the same last name, add the first initial to the in-text citation to identify the appropriate author. |
The loans turned out to be at great profit to the lender (J. Molcolm 234). |