Note: Short titles of books should be placed in italics while short titles of articles should be places in quotation marks. In a parenthetical citation of one of two or more works by the same author, put a comma after the author’s last name and add the title of the work (if brief) or a shortened version and the relevant page reference.

17).Ĭiting Two or more Works by the same Author In parenthetical citations of a work available in multiple editions, such as a commonly studied novel, play, or poem, it's often helpful to provided division numbers in addition to, or instead of page numbers: (Austen 533 vol. But Peter Scotto has offered another view.

If you wish to cite an entire work rather than part of the work, it is usually preferable to include the author’s name in the text instead of in a parenthetical reference. If you include the author’s name in a sentence, you need not repeat the name in the parenthetical page citation that follows, provided that the reference is clearly to the work of the author you mention: Tannen has argued this point (178-85). If there are three or more authors for a source, list only the first authors last name followed by et al.: (Rabkin et al. If there are two authors for a source, give the last name of each person: (Rabkin and Olander vii). Usually the author’s last name and a page reference are enough to identify the sources and the specific location: (Townsend 10). Keep parenthetical references as brief, and as few, as clarity and accuracy permit. References in the text must clearly point to specific sources in the list of the works cited. Parenthetical notes are used instead of footnotes.

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