| Basic
form |
Insert
the name of the author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses
following the quote or idea.
If you are using a direct quote, a page number
might be needed. |
"the
transmogrifying of mayoral power" (Bailey 1987, 85).
[NB: The parentheses come immediately after
the quotation and before the final period that closes out
the sentence; there is no comma between the author's name
and the date; a comma separates the year from the page number;
p. and pp. are not used.] |
|
Citing an entire article or book |
Omit
the page numbers if you are referring to the entire article
or book. |
In
the presidential election of 2004, the electoral college results
varied little from those of 2000, despite the hundreds of millions
of dollars spent on campaign ads in battleground states (Azima
2005). |
Author's name in sentence |
If
you use the author's name in your sentence, place only
the date in parentheses. |
Trish
(1988) sharply disagrees. |
