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In-Text Citations in MLA Style
In-Text Citations are short notes in the text which direct the reader to the source of your information which you have documented on your Works Cited or Reference page at the end of your paper. The text in the In-Text Citation will begin with the first piece of information in the citation such as the author's last name, the title of the source, or the name of an organization. The In-Text Citation can be in the line of text or in parenthesis.
Narrative Citation
The report by Organization documents advancements in the field.
Parenthetical Citation
Advancements have been made in the field (Organization).
Works Cited
Organization. "Advancements In the Field." Field Reports, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 101-120.
If a specific part of the work is cited, your citations should include a second piece of information to lead your reader to that specific part such as a page number or video timestamp.
Narrative Citation
The specific item in the report by Organization documents specific advancements in the field (105).
Parenthetical Citation
Specific advancements have been made in the field (Organization 105).
Works Cited
Organization. "Advancements In the Field." Field Reports, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 101-120.
Citing With Multiple Authors For All Citations
If a source has two authors, put an and in-between the names:
Parenthetical Citation
Advancements have been made in the field (Johnson and Smith 20).
Narrative Citation
Johnson and Smith (20) have made great advancements in the field.
Works Cited
Best, David, and Sharon Marcus. “Surface Reading: An Introduction.” Representations, vol. 108, no. 1,
Fall 2009, pp. 1-21. JSTOR, doi:10.1525/rep.2009.108.1.1
If a source has three or more authors, put et al. at the end of the first author's last name.
Parenthetical Citation
Advancements have been made in the field (Johnson et al. 20).
Narrative Citation
Johnson et al. (20) have made great advancements in the field.
Works Cited
Gere, Anne Ruggles, et al. “Interrogating Disciplines/Disciplinarity in WAC/WID: An Institutional
Study.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 67, no. 2, 2015, pp. 243–266. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24633857.