Using Parenthetical Documentation

 Use the author's last name and a page reference to identify a quote, summary, or paraphrase from your source .

Ex : The French monarchy suffered its final defeat under the specter of political compromise; financial profit became increasingly less attractive as the stability of the crown waned (Schama 288) .

 If the work cited has more than one author, give all the last names.

Ex: " . . .the man in the suit" (Wellek, Warren, Smith and Bums 25).

 If the work has no author, use the title of the source or a shortened version of the title. Be sure to use quotes or italics with the title, depending on the type of source.

Ex: " . . by the color of the button on the hats" ("Mandarin" 16) .

 If the list contains more than one work by the same author, provide the title of the source or a shortened version after the author's name .

Ex- " . . a girl in a beaver coat climbed into the bus" (Salinger, “Nine Stories” 63).

 If you include an author's name in a sentence, do not repeat it in the parenthetical documentation.

Ex: It may be true, as Schama writes, that ". . . the consequences of the Revolution from 1789 to the Terror were . . . socially conservative" (518) .

Rules of Thumb –  The first item on the works cited entry for that source is what goes in your parenthetical documentation. If you don’t have an author, go to whatever is first on your works cited entry.  Electronic Sources, such as websites and databases, typically don’t use page numbers. Therefore, when citing an electronic source, do not include a page number in your citation.  Do not include a comma between the author’s name and the page number.  If the citation occurs at the end of a sentence, the period is placed after and outside of the parenthetical citation