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There are different ways to format an in-text citation, depending on your writing style and sentence structure. Every in-text citation must include the author's name and page number. Formatting examples are outlined below:
Reference Information |
Austen, Catherine. All Good Children. Orca Book Publishers, 2011. |
In-text Citation Guidelines |
Examples |
Include the author's last name and page number placed in brackets at the end of a sentence. |
Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Austen 45). |
Include the author's name as part of the sentence; include the page number in brackets. The first time the author is mentioned in text use their full name (excluding middle initials), and use their last name only after that. |
According to Catherine Austen, "consider this a direct quote" (45). Austen goes on to argue that this is a paraphrased sentence (46). |
Remember, in-text citation formatting may change depending on a number of factors.