MLA In-Text Citations

Avoiding PlagiarismMLA In-Text CitationsSignal PhrasesIntroduce information taken from a quote, summary, paraphrase, or fact

Sometimes includes the authors name

Signal Phrase examplesAccording to (author or source), (citation)X asserts that ( )In her article __________, X suggests that In Xs view The author claims thatIn Xs perspective, ( )Author Mentioned in signal phraseEx: Frederick Lane reports that employers do not necessarily have to use software to monitor how their employees use the Web: employers can use a hidden video camera pointed at an employees monitor and even position a camera so that a number of monitors [can] be viewed at the same time (147).

The signal phraseFrederick Lane reportsnames the authorThe parenthetical citation (147) gives the page numberThe period FOLLOWS the parenthetical citation.Be Careful: If the quote ends with a ? or a !, then leave it inside the marks and add period at end of sentenceFor exampleFrederick Lane ask, Why do employers need to use software to monitor how their employees use the web? (147).

Question mark stays inside quotation marksPeriod comes after the parenthesisAuthor named in parenthesisIf the author is NOT named in the signal phrase, put the name inside the parenthesis at the end of the sentence

DO NOT use punctuation inside of the parenthesis!

EX: Companies can monitor employees every keystroke without legal penalty, but they may have to combat low morale as a result (Lane 129).Unknown AuthorIf there is not author, put in parenthesis the complete title (if short) or a shortened form (if the article title is quite long)

Look around for the authors name before assuming that there isnt one! Sometimes the name is hiding or is difficult to find.For instanceName of article is Automatically Monitor Your Employees Through Virtual Software from the on-line magazine, The Software Journal

Ex: A popular keystroke logging program operates invisibly on workers computers yet provides supervisors with details of the workers online activities (Automatically).Page number unknownMost on-line sources do not have page numbers

Even if a printout form Web has page numbers, do not usenot all printouts give the same page numbers

HOWEVER, page numbers MAY be used from a STABLE Web source, such as a PDF

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Take control of your education!Works Cited"MLA In-text Citations." Humanities. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2013.