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APAIn-TextCitationReminders.docxA Few Reminders About In-text citations:
1) Remember in in-text citations, you do not include the initial of the author, you just include the last name of the author and the year, for example it’s (Johns, 2021), not (Johns, M, 2021)
2) In a narrative citation, the author's name is used within the text of the sentence; whereas a parenthetical citation is a type of citation where the author and date are in parentheses at the end of the sentence, for example Johns (2021) explains how to make sandwiches using green carrots.
3) In a parenthetical citation, you put the information about the source in parentheses at the end of a sentence or in the text, for example: Making sandwiches using green carrots has become a nutritional boost for most older Americans (Johns, 2021).
4) Only use direct quotes if the essence of what you want to convey would be lost if paraphrased.
5) If you use direct quotes, you are required to include a page number or paragraph number in the citation. For example, leading health experts argue “how making sandwiches with green carrots gives added nutrition to people 65 years and above” (Johns, 2021, p.261).
6) When your citation has 39 words or less, place quotation marks around the quote. If however the citation is 40 words or more, indent the quotation, and exclude quotation marks.
7) Most importantly, your citation should not be sitting by itself as an isolated piece of information in your paper. Rather, you need to integrate it within the point that you will be making.
8) For all the sources in your reference page, in-text citations should be used inside the paper.
Here is a table with additional information on the APA citations:
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Basic In-Text Citations Styles |
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Author Type |
Parenthetical Citation Example |
Narrative Citation Example |
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One Author |
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First citation |
(Johnson, 2020) |
Johnson (2020) |
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Subsequent citations |
(Johnson, 2020) |
Johnson (2020) |
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Two Authors |
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First citation |
(Smith & Jones, 2019) |
Smith and Jones (2019) |
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Subsequent citations |
(Smith & Jones, 2019) |
Smith and Jones (2019) |
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Three or more Authors |
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First citation |
(Carlson et al., 2018) |
Carlson et al. (2018) |
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Subsequent citations |
(Carlson et al., 2018) |
Carlson et al. (2018) |
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Group Author with Abbreviation |
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First citation* |
(The College of St. Scholastica [CSS], 2019) |
The College of St. Scholastica (CSS, 2019) |
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Subsequent citations |
(CSS, 2019) |
CSS (2019) |
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Group Author without Abbreviation |
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First citation |
(University of Wisconsin, 2018) |
University of Wisconsin (2019) |
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Subsequent citations |
(University of Wisconsin, 2018) |
University of Wisconsin (2019) |
(adapted from various sources)
