According to [SOURCE], “ YOUR QUOTE HERE” (IN TEXT CITATION).
For example, “YOUR QUOTE HERE” (IN TEXT CITATION).
Paraphrase the information (IN TEXT CITATION).
If you are citing a book...
Put quotation marks around the author’s words and remove the period
Locate the author and page number
Put the author’s last name and page number in parentheses
Place a period after the parentheses
Example: Some might even say, according to Rose Brock in her text Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian’s Guide, “Susan Elizabeth Hinton [should be credited] for creating the young adult novel” (Brock 1).
If you are citing a website...
Put quotation marks around the author’s words and remove the period
Locate the author DO NOT PUT IN THE PAGE #
Put the author’s last name inside the parentheses
Place a period after the parentheses
Example: It has been reported that “An estimated 3 million people in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas were warned to evacuate as the storm closed in” (Kinnard). If your website does not have an author...
Put quotation marks around the text’s words and remove the period
Locate the title of the work
Put the title of the work (or shorten to first word or words if the title is lengthy) in quotation marks
Add parentheses
Place a period after the parentheses
Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has "more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . ." ("Impact of Global Warming").
Works Cited Page
Formatting
Start a new page
Add the title Works Cited centered at the top
Make sure the “W” and “C” are capitalized
Add your references
If your reference is multiple lines long, indent every line after the first one
Creating Citations 1. Use a citation generator, such as mybib.com. Be sure to double check it before adding it to your paper. 2. Manually create your own citation using this guide.
APA Format
Are you being asked to write your paper using APA Format? Here are some resources you can use: