- 1). Give the author's last name the first time you mention him, either in your sentence itself or following your sentence enclosed in parentheses. For example,
Kerouac compares Dean Moriarty to "a young Gene Autry"
or
Sal Paradise compares his friend Dean Moriarty to "a young Gene Autry" (Kerouac) - 2). Add the page number you are citing in parentheses following your sentence. If you refer to the author's name in parentheses, place the page number after the author's name. Do not write "p." or "pp." or place a comma between the last name and page number.
Kerouac compares Dean Moriarty to "a young Gene Autry" (2).
or
Sal Paradise compares his friend Dean Moriarty to "a young Gene Autry" (Kerouac 2). - 3). Give the page number you are citing, and only the page number, in all subsequent references to the same author, unless you are citing a different work by that author.
Next we encounter Old Bull Lee, a fictionalized version of the novelist William S. Burroughs (5). - 4). Give a shortened version of the work's title, if you cite more than one work by the same author.
Kerouac refers to Elvis Presley once in his novels ("Dharma Bums" 32). - 1). Give the author's last name the first time you cite her work, either in your sentence or in parentheses following it.
Winston asserted that no side effects occurred.
or
Researchers observed no side effects (Winston). - 2). Give the year the information you are citing was published in parentheses, either within the sentence or following it. If you place it after the author's last name, place a comma between the name and the year.
Winston (2003) asserted that no side effects occurred.
or
Researchers observed no side effects (Winston, 2003). - 3). Give both the author's name and year each time you refer again to the same source.
Researchers also proposed testing the results under different conditions (Winston, 2003).
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