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Citing your work: In Text Citations

What Are In-Text Citations

In-Text Citations

Quotes, paraphrases, specific knowledge and other people's ideas that you include in the body of your paper or project. 

Check out this page for more info and help. 

 

Common Knowledge and Citations

Common Knowledge Doesn't Need Citations

Information that cannot be attributed to one source

Widely known facts such as: water is made up of h20. The Earth revolves around the Sun. George Washington was a General in the American Revolution. 

Quotations usually NEED citations unless they are from a widely known source that almost any educated person would know about. 

 

 

Useful Links

Check out MLA sample papers to see real examples of in-text citations

 

MLA In Text Citations

MLA Citations by Lili Hermeline

Chicago Manual of Style In-Text Citations

CMOS In-Text Citations by Lili Hermeline