Now that you have gathered your information sources and started to compose your research paper, you will want to incorporate those findings in your paper. Whether you're paraphrasing or using direct quotes, you will need to provide in-text citations to go along with your works cited list. Most often you insert a parenthesis at the end of a phrase or sentence where you are referring to the source, and usually refer to author and page number, as the full citation will be listed on the work cited page.
Here are examples in MLA citation style.
| Author as part of text | Frye develops this argument (67-69). |
| Author as part of reference in parenthesis | This argument has been developed elsewhere (Frye 67-69). |
| Two authors as part of reference in parenthesis | To understand Morrison’s novels fully, the reader should have a knowledge of the culture and history of African Americans (Walker and Sherry 167). |
| Quotation found in secondhand source | The philosopher Alain states that “admiration is not pleasure but a kind of attention…” (qtd. in Magny 66) |
| Two sources cited in same reference | This controversy has been addressed fully (Schoss 27; Cook 69). |
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