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What is In-Text Citation? In APA style, you will use in-text citations to refer readers to a reference list. When you are writing a paper in ... SkiptoMainContent Itlookslikeyou'reusingInternetExplorer11orolder.ThiswebsiteworksbestwithmodernbrowserssuchasthelatestversionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andEdge.Ifyoucontinuewiththisbrowser,youmayseeunexpectedresults. LibraryLibGuidesCitationResourcesAPA7thEd:In-TextCitations EnterSearchWords Search CitationResources Aguidetobibliographiccitationformatsandcitationmanagementtools. StartHereMLAStyleToggleDropdownMLABasicsIn-TextCitationExamples-MLA8In-TextCitationExamples-MLA9WorksCitedExamples-MLA8WorksCitedExamples-MLA9APAStyleAPABasicsAPA7thEd:In-TextCitationsAPA7thEd:ReferencesNLMStyleOtherFormatsToggleDropdownACSStyleAPSAStyleChicago/TurabianStyleCSEStyleLegalStyle(Bluebook)MAAZoteroEndnoteBasic APA7Help ExampleReferencesListEntries In-TextCitations PublicationManualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationbyAmericanPsychologicalAssociationCallNumber:BF76.7.P832020ISBN:9781433832161PublicationDate:2019-10-01 In-TextCitations WhatisIn-TextCitation? InAPAstyle,youwill usein-textcitationstoreferreaderstoareferencelist. WhenyouarewritingapaperinAPAstyle,youciteotherworks(articles,books,etc.)using theauthor-datecitationmethod.Bynamingtheauthorandthedateoftheworkyouarecitinginyourin-textcitation,you'rehelpingthereaderfindtheworkinyourreferencelistattheendofyourpaper. In-TextCitationPreventsPlagiarism Asemergingscholars,researchers,andcreators,studentscitetheirsourcestoshowthey'veresearchedtheirtopicsbyreadingwhatotherexpertshavesaidontheirtopic.In-textcitationspreventplagiarism,whichiswhenanindividualpresentsanotherperson'sideasastheirown. AboutCreating In-TextCitations Createanin-textcitationwheneveryouquoteanotherwork,orwheneveryou paraphrase anotherworkinyourownwords. Makesuretoincludecitationinformationeitherinthenarrativeofyourpaper,orasaparentheticalcitation.Seetheexamplesintheboxesonthispage forexamples. Parentheticalvs.NarrativeCitation In-textcitations,includingbothnarrativeandparentheticalcitations,arecrucialtoestablishingthesourcesoftheideasyoupresentinyourwriting. Therearetwomainwaystociteasourceasyouwrite:narrativeand parenthetical. NarrativeCitation Narrativecitationiswhenyouwriteouttheauthor'snameas you writetheirquote,orparaphrasetheirwork: Example Instead,Gradyetal.(2019)suggestthat"whenchildrenarereadstorybooksthatrepresentcharactersfromethnicorracialgroupsotherthantheirown,[they]mayreceiveawiderarrayofemotionlearningopportunitiesthanwhentheyarereadstorybookswithcharactersthatrepresentonlytheirownraceorethnicity"(p.215). ParentheticalCitation Parentheticalcitationishowyouusetheauthor-datecitationsystem.Usethistypeofcitationwhenitisnoteasytousenarrativecitation,and identifyauthors'namesin-text.Includenames,dates,andpagesinparentheses. Example Onestudyfoundthatethnicitiesofprotagonistsinchildren'sfictioncorrelatedwithdifferencesintypesofemotionsdisplayedbythosecharacters(Gradyetal.,2019). DirectQuotationsandParaphrasing ParentheticalCitations APA7Styleusestheauthor-date citationmethodwithparentheses.Afteraquote,addparenthesescontainingtheauthor'sname,theyearofpublication,andthepagenumber(s)thequoteappears. Forquotationsthatareononepage,type"p."beforethepagenumber.Forquotationsthatstartononepageandendonanotherpage,use"pp."instead. Quote,onepage:"SometimesIfeelquiteCERTAINthere'saJERTAINintheCURTAIN"(Seuss,1974,p.4). Quote,twopages: "Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(Seuss,2007,pp.7-8). Ifyouusemorethanoneworkbythesameauthor,usethelettersa,b,etc.,aftertheyear. "Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(Seuss,2007a,pp.7-8). Ifmorethanoneauthorhasthesamelastname,addtheirfirstinitial. "Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(D.Seuss,2007,pp.7-8). ForworkswithtwoormoreauthorsseethechartbelowunderAuthors:In-TextCitations. NarrativeCitations Whenyouusetheauthor'slastnameinthenarrativeofyourpaper,leavetheirnameoutof theparentheses. Inhisscholarlystudy,Dr.Seussobservedthat"thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(2007,pp.7-8). In2007,Dr.Seusssuggestedthat"thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(pp.7-8). CitationswithMissingElements Whennoauthornameisavailable,usethefirstfewwordsofthereferencelistentry(usuallythetitle).Usequotationmarksaroundtitlesofarticlesorwebpages,anditalicizetitlesofbooks,journals,etc. "Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(FoxinSocks,2007). Whennopagenumbersareavailable,useparagraphnumbersorothersubsectionidentifiersinstead. Oneparagraph:"Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(Seuss,2007,para.5). Morethanoneparagraph:"Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(Seuss,2007,paras.5-6). Presentationslide:"Thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog"(Seuss,2007,Slide7). ParaphrasedCitations Paraphrasingrestatesoneormoreperson'sideasinyourownwords,allowingyoutosummarizeandsynthesizeinformationeffectively(p.269).Youcanusebothnarrativeorparentheticalcitationswhenparaphrasingideas. Storiescanbeusedtoteachsocialskillsthroughalreadyexistingclassroomliteratureinstruction,emphasizinglessonsthathelpstudentsinterpreteventsandempathizewithcharacters(Wolf&Baker,2012). WolfandBaker(2012)offeracasestudyexamplefromoneclassroomteacherwhousedDr.Seuss'booksteachsocialskillstotheirstudents(p.174). Note:Whenparaphrasingormentioningasource,stillprovidepagenumbersifthesourcetextislongordifficult,orifitwouldhelpthereaderfindthetextbeingparaphrased. Authors:In-TextCitations Authors'Names TypeofCitation NarrativeFormat ParentheticalFormat Oneworkbyoneauthor Walker(2007) (Walker,2007) Oneworkbytwoauthors WalkerandAllen(2004) (Walker&Allen,2004) Oneworkbythreeormoreauthors Bradleyetal.(1999) (Bradleyetal.,1999) OrganizationsorGroupsasAuthors TypeofCitation NarrativeFormat,FirstCitationinText NarrativeFormat,SubsequentCitationsinText ParentheticalFormat,FirstCitationinText ParentheticalFormat,SubsequentCitationsinText Groupsasauthors(readilyidentifiedthroughabbreviation) NationalInstituteofMentalHealth(NIMH,2003) NIMH(2003) (NationalInstituteofMentalHealth[NIMH],2003) (NIMH,2003) Groupsasauthors(noabbreviation) UniversityofPittsburgh(2005) UniversityofPittsburgh(2005) (UniversityofPittsburgh,2005) (UniversityofPittsburgh,2005) <>