6 - Lightning Style
RULES FOR DOCUMENTING SOURCES
Parenthetical Citation
You
must
acknowledge all information gained from outside sources
when writing a paper. Generally three types of information must be
acknowledged to avoid plagiarism:
1. direct quotation
2. paraphrase or summary
3. author’s ideas
Use the following guidelines to document sources in your papers through
the use of parenthetical citations.
1.
Introduce thebeginningofborrowedmaterial
todistinguish it fromyour
own writing. Typically this is done with a brief introduction of the author
and some reference to his/her credentials:
Lynette and Thomas Long,
two of the foremost recognized experts on the trend of latchkey children,
define latchkey as “… children who are regularly left during some period
of the day to supervise themselves…or for whom care arrangements are
so loosely made they are virtually ineffective” (Long 17).
2.
Works by one author.
Give the author’s last name in parentheses at
the end of a sentence, followed by the page numbers (Jones 58).
3.
Workswithmore thanoneauthor.
List all the last names inparentheses,
or give one last name followed by et.al.
(Smith Jones and Wilcox 87) or (Smith et al. 87).
4.
Works with no author listed.
When citing an article that does not
identify the author, use the title of the work or a shortened version of
it: (“Robotics” 398).
5.
Two works by the same author.
If you use more than one work by
the same author, give the title, or a shortened version, after the author’s
last name: (Jones “Robotics” 398).
6.
Material from personal interview.
Following the material from the
interview, include the individual’s name in the parenthetical: (Beach).
7. Two works with same title and no author listed.
(“Cancer”
Encyclopedia Britannica
387).
(“Cancer”
Health & Wellness Resource Center
3).
8. If you have already mentioned the author in the sentence, only
include page number in the ( ).
**NOTE: MLA format does not require page or paragraph numbers for
electronic sources. However, always follow the instructions of your
teacher when citing sources.
6 - Lightning Style
RULES FOR DOCUMENTING SOURCES
Parenthetical Citation
You
must
acknowledge all information gained from outside sources
when writing a paper. Generally thre types of information must be
acknowledged to avoid plagiarism:
1. direct quotation
2. paraphrase or summary
3. author’s ideas
Use the following uidelines to document sources in your papers through
the use of parenthetical citations.
1.
Introduce thebegin i gofborrowedmaterial
todistinguish it fromyour
own writing. Typically this is done with a brief introduction of the author
and some ref r nce to his/her credentials:
Lynette and Thomas Long,
two f the foremost recognized experts on the trend of latchkey children,
define latchkey as “… children who are regularly left during some period
of the day to supervise themselves…or for whom care arrangements are
so lo sely made they are virtually ineffective” (Long 17).
2.
Works by one author.
Give the author’s last name in parentheses at
the nd of a sentence, followed by the page numbers (Jones 58).
3.
Workswithmore thanoneauthor.
List all the last names inparentheses,
or give one last name followed by et.al.
(Smith Jones and Wilcox 87) or (Smith et al. 87).
4.
Works with no author listed.
When citing an article that does not
identify the author, use the title of the work or a shortened version of
it: (“Robotics” 398).
5.
Two works by the same author.
If you se more than one work by
the same author, give the title, or a shortened version, after the author’s
last name: (Jones “Robotics” 398).
6.
Material from personal interview.
Following the material from the
interview, include the individual’s name in the parenthetical: (Beach).
7. Two works with same title and no author listed.
(“Cancer”
Encyclopedia Britan ica
387).
(“Cancer”
Health & Wellness Resource Center
3).
8. If you have already mentioned the author in the sentence, only
include page number in the ( ).
**NOTE: MLA format does not require page or par graph numbers for
el ctronic sources. However, always follow the instructions of your
teacher when citing sources.
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