Research Paper

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Research Paper

• Parenthetical/In-Text Citations

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What is a parenthetical citation?

• Always give credit for any information, ideas, or
  actual wording you get from another source. Do
  this by naming the author and page number in
  parentheses at the end of the sentence in which
  you use the authors idea. This is called
  parenthetical citation.

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When do you use parenthetical citations?

• Whenever you do one of the following things
• Use a direct quotation
• Summarize information from your article
• Paraphrase information from your article
• Basically, whenever you present information that
  you have gathered from an outside source

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Why use in-text citations?

• If you do not acknowledge your sources and
  present found information as your own, you are
  plagiarizing.
• Plagiarism Zero on the assignment!

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A quick how-to guide.

• In a parenthetical citation, include the author
  and page number at the end of the sentence in
  which you use that source.
• For many Americans consuming has become our
  strongest habit (Crone 59).
• If the author is named in your sentence, place
  only the page number at the end.
• Example Meredith Crone claims that consuming
  has become our strongest habit (59).

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• ONLINE SOURCE Cite the authors last name (or
  title of article, if author is not stated)
  because few electronic documents contain page
  numbers.
• Example (Clark)

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Sources with no author

• For a source with no author, use the first
  significant word of the title by which youll
  alphabetize your entry on the Works Cited page.
• For example, Hospitals Turn to Advertising in
  the New York Times would be cited as (Hospitals
  47) because Hospitals is used to begin the
  Works Cited entry.

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IMPORTANT!!!

• The period that ends the sentence goes AFTER the
  parentheses.
• Break up long quotes with an ellipses ().
• Note When using an ellipses, you need to make
  sure that your quote still makes sense to the
  reader. An ellipses should not disrupt the
  flow/readability of the sentence.

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Essay Format

• 1. Double-space your entire text, including all
  block quotations and the Works Cited page, with
  no extra space before or after a title or between
  paragraphs.
• 2. Headers place a header (your last name plus
  page number) in the upper right-hand corner of
  each page (e.g. Smith 1), including the Works
  Cited page.
• 3. On the left-hand corner of the first page,
  type your name, your instructors name, the
  course title, and the date on separate lines,
  double-spacing between the lines. Then enter the
  title of your text, centered, capitalizing the
  first word and all major words.