An in-text citation usually contains the author's name (or other first element in the entry in the works cited list) and a page number.
A parenthetical citation that directly follows a quotation is placed after the closing quotation mark. No punctuation is used between the author's name (or the title) and a page number.
The author's name can appear in the text itself or before the page number in the parenthesis:
Cox names five strategies to implement Diversity Management in companies (50).
“It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought” (Hemingway 96).
Here are some additional examples of in-text citations:
Smith argues that Jane Eyre is a "feminist Künstlerroman" that narrativizes a woman's struggle to write herself into being (86).
Jane Eyre is a "feminist Künstlerroman" that narrativizes a woman's struggle to write herself into being (Smith 86).
What is a Parenthetical Citation?
This article defines parenthetical citations and offers tips for getting them right.
