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Understanding how to use Parenthetical citations. What is a Parenthetical or In-Text citation?. An in-text citation names the author of the source you are referring to and provides the page number of the source in parentheses.
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What is a Parenthetical or In-Text citation? • An in-text citation names the author of the source you are referring to and provides the page number of the source in parentheses. • The in-text citation follows a quotation (Direct or Block) or a paraphrase.
Electronic or online Sources There are basically two types of electronic/online sources from which you can get information. This includes a web site or a database. What is the main difference between a web site and a database? A web site is “free” and anyone can create, contribute information and edit a Web site. As long as your computer is connected to the Internet you can access most web sites. A database is “not free”– it cost money to access – by paid subscription only. Even though you are connected to the Internet you can not access databases without a subscription. For example, the librarian at your school must pay a subscription fee for you to gain access to the information in a database. You can not get to the information in a database using a search engine like Google.
Article on a Website Liam Crowe explains the importance of, “introducing a new dog to each member separately” to avoid overwhelming or frightening the dog (2010).
Video File Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school, “two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day” (“What Kids Watch”, 1997).
Online Journal—one author Native American writers had a profound effect on American literature, “Captain John Smith, Daniel Denton, Thomas Ashe, William Penn, George Percy, William Strachey, Gabriel Thomas, and John Lawson are all early American authors there were influenced by Native American authors” (Beidler, 2008).
Online Journal—two authors Violence on television is a crucial issue in America today, “ Television alone is responsible for 10% of youth violence” (Potter and Smith 323).
Website Article—corporate authors Studies are proving that violence in the media is becoming a larger issue for children today than it was in the past (American Psychological Association, 2004). The American Psychological Association stated that studies area showing that violence in the media is becoming a larger issue for our children than it was for us (2004).
What it looks like IN-TEXT OR PARENTHETICAL CIATION The murder of Kennedy has attracted a huge amount of interest and controversy since it happened and has generated many different theories as to who was responsible (McGill 26). FULL CITATION LISTED ON WORKS CITED PAGE McGill, David. “The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: an Internet Investigation.” Hindsight 12.2 (Jan 2002): p26. InfoTrac Student Edition. Malden Catholic High School Library, Malden, MA. 18 October 2007. Web.
What it looks like IN-TEXT OR PARENTHETICAL CIATION On May 2, 2002, some 4500 students wrote the difficult University of Waterloo, Physics Department, Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) Examination. Amazingly, there were three perfect papers! Two team members from Don Mills Collegiate Institute broke Waterloo's SIN record not so much for finishing First Place but both students on the team had perfect exams (SIN 2002). FULL CITATION LISTED ON WORKS CITED PAGE "SIN 2002 Book Prize Winners." U of Waterloo. 3 Nov. 2009 Web.
What it looks like IN-TEXT OR PARENTHETICAL CIATION Musciano and Kennedy suggest that we should avoid breaking tags across lines in our source document whenever possible to promote readability and reduce potential errors in HTML documents (2009). FULL CITATION LISTED ON WORKS CITED PAGE Musciano, Chuck and Kennedy, Bill. HTML and XHTML: The Definitive Guide. 4th ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2009. 5 March 20011. Web.
