Quotations

And

Parenthetical Citations

Quotations:

• Use quotations when:

-- the language is especially vivid;

-- The words of an important authority help your argument;

--When exact wording is needed.

Parenthetical Citations:

• Parenthetical citations document information from sources in your research paper.

• Always document a direct quotation.

Parenthetical Citations:

• Place it as close as possible to the quotation.

• Put author’s last name and page number: (Jones 22).

• No author? Use shortened article title: (“Fred Shuttlesworth” 364).

• Website? Use the author or shortened title of the website (Jesse Owens).

Examples:

Author:“Anne Sullivan was a great mentor to Helen Keller” (Jones 42).

Encyclopedia with no author:“Shuttlesworth demonstrated incredible courage in

the face of peril” (“Fred Shuttlesworth” 367).Website:

“Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes of the Twentieth Century” (Jesse Owens).

Works Cited

“Fred Shuttlesworth.” Reference Book of Black America. New York:

Gale, 2001.Jesse Owens. Smithsonian Museum of

American History. 2002. 10 November 2009 http://www.smah.gov

Jones, Allen. “Helen Keller.” World Book. Chicago: World Book Inc,

2007.