In-text citations are also sometimes called parenthetical references or parenthetical citations. This type of citation goes in the body of your paper BUT it must also match with information that is in your Works Cited page.
In the 1931 court case Alvarez vs. the Lemon Grove School District, a judge ordered that Mexican school children be re-integrated into the white majority schools that they had previously attended (Rigonati).
To keep in Mind for in-text citations:
Don't forget that you want to always cite direct quotations and any factual/researched information that you present.
Creating a Works Cited Page
In order to give credit to the resources that you used for your research you will need to create a works cited page as the last page of your paper.
Considerations:
The following are sample citations. You will want to follow this model for your paper. Note that our library databases will generate citations for you. You can cut & paste these citations to your works cited page.
Sample Online database with author:
Hershkowitz, Allen. "Recycled Materials Produce Less Pollution." Pollution, edited by James Haley, Greenhaven Press, 2003. Current Controversies. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ3010058252/OVIC?u=cice26272&sid=OVIC&xid=18ca08ef. Accessed 26 Sept. 2019.
Sample Online database without author:
"Bilingual Education." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society, ABC-CLIO, 2017, issues.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1656181. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Website with author:
Adams, Jennifer. “About Dr. King.” About Dr. King: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, www.thekingcenter.org/DrMLKingJr/. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
Website without an author:
“Martin Luther King Jr.” Nobelprize.org, Nobel Media 2014,www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
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