Thursday, May 2, 2013

Parenthetical Citation

Wahoo it's drafting time! We're in the home stretch my precious pop-tarts.

Parenthetical Citation QUICK Overview:

  • EVERY fact, quote, stat, story, etc. that is not your original idea (basically everything BUT your thesis and your crafty leads which we'll work on next week) needs to be cited
  • The author's last name goes in parentheses after the fact and before the ending punctuation. Put the page number - if there is one - one space after the name and before the ending parentheses. Do not write page, p., # or anything else like that. If there is no author, use the title of the book (italics) or article/web site (quotes).
    • Blah blah blah (Sanchez 36).
    • "Blah blah blah" (Sanchez 49).
    • Blah blah blah (Sanchez and Kelly 45). <-- 2 authors
    • Blah blah blah (Sanchez, Kelly and Smith 89). <-- 3 authors
    • Blah blah blah (Sanchez et al. 342) <-- more than 3 authors
    • Blah blah blah (The World According to Sanchez). <-- book without author (very unlikely)
    • Blah blah blah ("Top 10 Reasons I Love Kristen Sanchez"). <-- article or web site without author (more likely)

  • If you quote someone who was quoted by someone else, do it like this:
    • "Blah blah blah" (qtd. in Sanchez 47).
    • "Blah blah blah" (qtd. in "Top 10 Reasons I Love Kristen Sanchez").




    • If you SAY the author's name in your set up for the quote or for the fact, you don't need to put his or her name in parentheses. You just need to put the page number. If there is no page number, you don't put anything.
      • According to world famous historian Kristen Sanchez, "Blah blah blah" (47).
      • In her book The World According to Sanchez, Kristen Sanchez argues that blah blah blah (89).

    • When you have multiple facts, quotes, stats, etc. in a row from the same source, you do not repeat the citation in full. If it's a book with page numbers, you just put the new page number like this:
      • Blah blah blah (Sanchez 36).
      • Blah blah blah (48).
    • If it's a book with page numbers and it's from the SAME page, you write Ibid like this:
      • Blah blah blah (Sanchez 36).
      • Blah blah blah (ibid).
    • If it's an article or web site without page numbers, you just write ibid like this:
      • Blah blah blah ("The World According to Sanchez").
      • Blah blah blah (ibid).

    Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide

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