An In-Text Citation is used in a paper to give credit to the original author.
A Works-Cited Citation is included at the end of a paper to give credit to the original author.
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APA (American Psychological Association)
APSA Style (American Political Science Association)
ASA Style (American Sociological Association)
MLA 2010 Formatting & Style Guide: Owl @ Purdue
Harbrace Handbook 17th ed. 2010 (examples below)
-Work by a single author: (40b) pg.591.
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House, 1969. Print.
-Work by two or more authors: (40b) pg.591
Visgilio, Gerald R., and Diana M. Whitelaw, eds. Our Backyard: A Quest for Environmental Justice. Lanham: Rowan and LittlefieldPublishers, 2003. Print.
-Work in an Anthology: (40b) pg.595
Plath, Sylvia. "Ariel." The Norton Anthology of American Poetry. Eds. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair. New York: Norton, 1988. 1423. Print.
-Online scholarly journal article: (40b) pg.605
Voss, Paul J. "Debris from Heaven in Paradise Lost." English Language Notes 35.3 (1998): 37-41. Web. 25 Sept. 2003 .
-An Electronic Book (NetLibrary): (40b) pg. 606
Nadel, Alan. Invisible Criticism: Ralph Ellison and the American Canon. NetLibrary. University of Iowa Press, 2004. Web. 13 June 2008.
Here's how an In-Text MLA citation is formatted for a GALILEO article:
(Author)
Here's an example:
Comics took on a much darker tone in both writing and art during the deconstruction period following the release of "The Dark Knight" (Barr).
Here's how a Works-Cited MLA citation is formatted for a GALILEO article:
Last name, First Name. "Title of Article". Title of Journal, Magazine, Newspaper, etc Volume.Number (Date): Pages. DatabaseName. Database Provider. Format. Date.
Here's an example:
Barr, Brian. “Bats in the Belfry: Deconstructionism in mid-80's Comics." Explicator 68.1 (2010):19-22. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Mar. 2010.