In-Text Citations - Lab Lesson

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Citing Sources

Use parenthetical or in-text citations Authors name followed by page number(s)

If no known author, use a shortened version ofthe title of the work, in quotation marks if its ashort work like an article or underlined if its alonger work like a book

The citation is generally put after the quote orbefore the first major break in the sentence(including just before the final period of thesentence)


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Different Formats for Author/PageCitation

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetrywas marked by a "spontaneous overflow ofpowerful feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the"spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"(Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role

of emotion in the creative process (263).


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No known author

Hype,according to one analysis, isan artificially engenderedatmosphere of hysteria(TodaysMarketplace51).


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Quoting a quote from anothersource

As Arthur Miller says, Whensomebody is destroyed everybodyfinally contributes to it, but in Willyscase, the end product would bevirtually the same(qtd. in Martin375).


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Electronic source in html

Describing childrens languageacquisition, Pinker explains thatwhats innate about language is justa way of paying attention to parentalspeech.


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Whats wrong with these?

But to say that, The power of a stereotypeis so strong that it can overwhelm many ofour other traits...(Cloud) to me is a

generalization and includes everyoneinstead of those whose personalities apply.

In a recent study psychologists found thatpositive stereotype reinforcement may be

just as powerful as any negative threat.(Cloud)


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Introducing Context

Before quoting from another source,it is essential that you introduce thecontext for the material you arequoting.

In other words, teach your readerabout your source generally and

about the place within your sourcefrom which you are drawing yourmaterial to quote BEFORE you quote.


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Example of introducing context

To critics, like journalist Richard Carter, problems beganwith the fact that the AMA was a powerful trade lobbyand the doctor, a rapacious businessman. The openingpages of his 1958 book, The Doctor Business, tell aboutan accident in which a young boy fell into a well; after

volunteers worked unstintingly for twenty-four hours todig him out, his parents took him to a local doctor, whoproceeded to bill $1,500 for his services. A public outcryfollowed, and even the AMA disassociated itself.

Pointing to this story, Carter criticized thefee-based

relationsbetween doctor and patient, concluding thatwithout presuming to tell a single M.D. how to care for asingle appendix, the public can upgrade medicine fromthe bazaar.(from Philip Rothman, Strangers at theBedside)


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Whats wrong with this passagefrom a paper?

Susan Bordo writes about women anddieting. Fiji is just one example. Untiltelevision was introduced in 1995, the islands

had no reported cases of eating disorders. In1998, three years after programs from theUnited States and Britain began broadcastingthere, 62 percent of the girls surveyedreported dieting(149-50).

I think Bordo is right. Another pointBordo makes is . . . . (qtd. in They Say, I Say,by Graff and Birkenstein)


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Now work on your own paper:

Read through your paper examiningevery time you quote material fromanother source.

Be sure to introduce thecontext/background for the quotedmaterial.

Imagine you are writing for a readerwho has not read the same article orarticles you have read.

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