| Source | In-text Citation | Parenthetical Citation |
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General format |
Author's last name used in sentence (date) quote or paraphrase (page number). | quote or paraphrase (Author's last name, date, page number). |
| Source with one author | Rodriguez (2009) said, "..." (p.48). | "..." (Rodriguez, 2009, p. 48). |
| Source with two authors | Brown and Taylor (2015) wrote, "..." (p. 243). | "..." (Brown & Taylor, 2015, p. 243). |
| Source or three or more authors |
Hopwood et al. (2017) states, "..." (p. 937). |
"..." (Hopwood et al., 2017, p. 937). |
| Source with no author |
Article: In the article, "Just Another Brick" (2009) the author says, "..." (p. 4). Book: In The Cavern of Death (1794), it is stated that, "..." (p. 15). |
Article: "..." ("Just Another Brick," 2009, p. 4). Book: "..." (The Cavern of Death, 1794, p. 15). |
| Corporation/Organization as author (with an abbreviation) | According to the American Library Association [ALA] (2017), "..." |
First time: "..." (American Library Association [ALA], 2017). Every time after that: "..." (ALA, 2017). |
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/1037/0000165-000
Page numbers are only used in direct quotations.
If you are paraphrasing or referencing ideas from a text, then you do not have to include the page number.