MLA Citation and In text Citations

  1. Tips to remember
    • Sources get italicized (database names included)
    • Remove hyperlinks and https:
    • Never use ALL CAPS
  2. When are In-Text Citations placed?
    Immediately following a piece of research
  3. Why do we need In-Text Citations?
    • To give the original author credit
    • So you don't plagiarize
  4. How do I do In-Text Citations?
    Authors last name and page number. If no author, then use title (in quotes) and page number
  5. Where do In-Text Citations go?
    You can either...

    • Put author and page number inside the parentheses at the end of the sentence 
    • OR
    • Authors name in the lead in and then write the page number at the end of the sentence
  6. You can not use...
    free -standing quote. You must lead into the source first.
Author
GoBroncos
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357795
Card Set
MLA Citation and In text Citations
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