Parenthetical documentation is used to document everything borrowed. This includes: direct quotes, paraphrasing, and information and ideas that are not your own. ·
Standard Print Sources: Author's Name in Parentheses
He stresses this condition in varying degrees (Goldman 285-91).
Author's Name in Text:
Goldman stresses this condition in varying degrees (285-91).
No Author, Work Listed by Title:
A ladder diagram is "an industry standard for representing control logic relay systems" (Computer Dictionary 212).
Note that when using a direct quote, the parenthetical documentation begins after the last quotation mark and before the period.
One Author:
(James 542-54)
Two Authors:
(Hyde and Forsyth 15)
No Author, By Title:
Book source: (Book of Science 34-35)
Article: ("Questions Arise After Execution" 14)
More Than One Source:
(Burns 85; Smithers 115)
Multivolume Work:
(Schlesinger 2:65) Volume 2, page 65
More Than One Source by the Same Author in the Works Cited:
(Tolkien, Fellowship 55-58)
Only the first significant word of the title is used.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
When citing an electronic source, only include the author's last name since
few electronic documents contain page numbers or any page numbers would be inconsistant
for others accessing the site.
Author of site:
Despite the many challenges she has faced on the Internet, the author still enjoys the "magic" of the MOO (Dibbell).
No author, use identifying words from the title:
Each of the teletubbies has his/her own language acquisition level, and, because of this, a child can identify and progress to the next language level when the child feels comfortable ("The Inside Story").
Note: Do not cite page numbers from printouts because pagination may vary in different printouts, otherwise follow the same format as for a print source.