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Citation Examples

Full citations should go on your work cited page at the end of your document. 
Citing a Scholarly Journal:
Kincaid, Jamaica. “In History.” Callaloo, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 620-26.
Citing a Print Book with one author:
Jacobs, Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Oxford UP, 2011.
Citing a Web Page:
Rosenberg, Gabriel. “When your Dream House is a Dollhouse, No Space is too Small.” Time,
     10 August 2016, https://www.npr.org/2016/08/10/487480615/when-your-dream-house-is-
      a-dollhouse-no-space-is-too-small.

Other examples

Confused about where to find the information needed to cite your source? Here you can get help on how to locate citation information.

In-text citations

In-text citations are typically placed in parentheses at the end of a quote, summary, or paraphrase. 
Include the first word found in the full citation (typically an author's last name) and the location of the quote or paraphrase (paragraph or page number). 
Example: (Farkas 25)

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