In-Text Citations
What are they?
In-text citations are how you give credit to the author and their work inside the paper. They can use parentheses, names, titles, and page numbers. Make sure they are outside of quotation marks and before the period.
| One Author (name not in sentence) | One Author (name in sentence) | No Author Listed |
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| The author states, “The printing press revolutionized writing and publication” (Johnson 17).
***Note where the quotation marks and period go.*** | Johnson expresses that the printing press brought about widespread change to Renaissance writing (17). | If no author is given, simply use the title of the source in the parentheses. Remember, this can hurt credibility. |
| CITATION: (Johnson 17) | CITATION: (17) | CITATION: (“The Printing Press” 17) |
| Two Authors | Three or More Authors | Multiple Works by the Same Author | Using a Quote in Another Work |
| If there is more than one author, place an “and” between their last names.
Do not use the “&” symbol in MLA. | If there are three or more authors, take the first listed author’s name and add “et al.” after it with the page numbers still at the end. | If you are quoting multiple works by the same author, then just make sure to place the title (shorten it if too long) after their name and before the pages. There is a comma in this one. | If you are taking a quote you found in someone else’s work, reference the author of the place you found it in.
Use “qtd. in” before the rest. |
| CITATION: (Smith and Roberts 33) | CITATION: (Williams et al. 33) | CITATION: (Rodriguez, Laws 24) | CITATION: (qtd. in Jones 11) |