You may cite a single author’s name in the text.
Alexander notes that race was a critical topic in the 1968 presidential race (22-9).
Or, you can use a parenthetical reference with the author’s name and page number.
Race was a critical topic in the 1968 presidential race (Alexander 22-9).
Use ‘and’ (not ‘&’) between the two author names.
(Wilson and Schlosser 43).
If the work has three or more authors, list the first author’s name followed by et al.
James et al. claim that social customs prevalent in the southern United States have . . . (157-65).
OR
Social customs in the southern United States have become . . . (James et al. 157-65).
In the in-text citation, put a comma after the author’s name, then a shortened version of the title, followed by the page reference.
(Dickens, David Copperfield 347)
Include the authors names and page references separated by a semicolon.
(Smith 93; Fayett 131-2)
If the works cited list contains two or more authors with the same surname, include the author’s first initial in the in-text citation.
(E. Poe 19)
When the author is a corporation or organization that is also the publisher, the Works Cited entry begins with the title. Use an abbreviated version of the title in the in-text citation followed by the page number.
(Publication 3).
If the author is a government or government body, include the administrative layers listed in the Works Cited entry separated by commas. Use abbreviations for common words like Department (as "Dept.").
(United States, Congress, House, Committee on the Judiciary 17).
If the Works Cited entry begins with a title because there is no author, use a shortened version of the title in the in-text citation.
(Beowulf 42).
If your works cited entry indicates only one volume of a multivolume work, include the page reference in the text of your document. The volume is specified in the works cited entry.
(Norat 27).
If your works cited entry indicates more than one volume of a multivolume set, you will need to include both the volume and page of the information you are citing to distinguish which volume is being referenced.
(Notable, 1: 27).
If you are citing an entire volume in the text of the document, place a comma after the author's name (in the example below there are multiple authors in each volume and no general editor, so the abbreviated title is used) and the abbreviation [vol.]
(Notable, vol. 3).
If you are referring to an indirect source (a source quoted within a work), you identify the author of the indirect source in your sentence, then identify the author of the direct source in a parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence by writing: (qtd. in Last Name).
Degyansky advises "Some wonk can figure out the technology; stay centered on the content, which is what everybody really cares about" (qtd in Hoffert).
If you are referring to an entire work, you may identify the work in your text using the author or title name from your works cited list, rather than a parenthetical citation.
To Kill a Mockingbird was originally published over fifty years ago and yet is read by many students today.