In-text citations are brief references within the body of your paper. The purpose of an in-text citation is to direct the reader to the full entries on your works cited page.
In-texts citations create a path from:
NOTE: Every source you use MUST have both an in-text citation within the body of your paper and a full citation on your works cited page.
One author (Wong 58)
Two authors (Lopez and Pabla 175)
Three or more authors (Friel et al. 621)
Use an in-text citation in your paper when you directly quote an author or when you paraphrase (putting the author's ideas into your own words).
These are examples of in-text citations using the same source.
Note that the in-text citations are the same regardless of whether you quote or paraphrase.
Example: direct quote
“A second key difference is that Graham decided to omit from her dance the most well-known element of the Medea myth at least since Euripides: the children and their murder at the hands of their mother” (Papathanasopoulou 166).
Example: paraphrase
Graham’s choreography for “Medea” deviates from the classical myth by leaving out Medea’s murder of her own children (Papathanasopoulou 166).
Example: full entry on works cited page
Papathanasopoulou, Nina. “Serpent Heart: Animality, Jealousy, and Transgression in Martha Graham's Medea.” International Journal of Classical Tradition, vol. 28, no. 2, June 2021, pp. 159-182. Academic Search Complete, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=a9h&AN=150304408&site=ehost-live&custid=s8425060.
