In text citations

What are they and how to use them.

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In Text Citations

An in-text citation is the brief form of the reference that you include in the body of your work. It gives enough information to uniquely identify the source in your reference list. The brief form usually consists of:

• last name of the author(s)

• year of publication OR title

In-text citations

• Words DIRECTLY from the text go in quotes

• Cite the author's name and year published.

• If the publish date or author is not given, you will write the title in its place.

• The citation goes in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.

• THE PERIOD GOES AFTER THE PARENTHESIS

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In-text citations

Multiple Choice

Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? 

• wherever you want

• at the end of your sentence

• in the middle of the sentence

• before the quote

Multiple Choice

What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? 

• parenthesis

  ( __)

• quotation marks

  "__"

• Exclamation points

  !__!

• Periods

  . __ .

Multiple Choice

What happens if your source does not have a publish date listed? 

• Make one up

• Leave it off

• Use the title instead

• Use your teacher's name

Multiple Choice

Is this in text citation correct?

"Rural food deserts are quite different from those in urban areas. Supermarkets are even harder to access for low-income families because everything is spread far apart in rural areas" (McBirney).

• yes - the punctuation is correct and it has all components

• no - it is missing publish year or title

Multiple Choice

Is this in text citation correct?

A food desert is an area or neighborhood where people, for various reasons, have limited access to fresh, whole, and healthy foods (McBirney, 2017).

• yes - it has correct punctuation and all components

• no - it is missing the title

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• "Extreme weather, including heavy storms and drought can also disrupt food transport . . ." Cho 2018,

• "Extreme weather, including heavy storms and drought can also disrupt food transport . . ." (Cho, 2018).

• Cho said "Extreme weather, including heavy storms and drought can also disrupt food transport . . ."

• Extreme weather, including heavy storms and drought can also disrupt food transport . . ." (Cho, 2018.)

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body." (Berry, 2017)

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body." (Berry, May 2017)

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body" (Berry, 2017).

• (Berry, 2017) "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body."

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body" (Berry, The Wisdom of Nature.)

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body". (Berry, The Wisdom of Nature).

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body" (Berry, The Wisdom of Nature).

• "You can exercise non stop, but it will never make up for putting bad food in your body." (Berry, The Wisdom of Nature.

Open Ended

Write the citation that should go after the following quote in PARENTHESIS.

"Nature has her own wisdom. We may never understand it, for nature operates on a far grander scale than we are able to conceive" (_________).

Jason Williams. The Wisdom of Nature. New York 2001

Open Ended

Write the citation that should go after the following quote in PARENTHESIS.

"The human body is intended to function in concert with nature. That means eating real food that comes directly from nature" (_________).

Yasmine Yarrow. "Diet Dos and Don'ts." Health Wire.