Internal Citations
Passage from Men and Pandas by Ramona & Desmond Morris.
The red panda covers a wider area than the giant, being found all along the forested slopes of the Himalayan Mountains, through Nepal, Sikkim, northern Burma and into Western China.
Rules
1.Always add your own words to a direct quote; never let a quote stand by itself.
| o | Your words “direct quote” (Author’s last name page). | |
| o | “Direct quote” your words (Author’s last name page). | |
| o | Your words “Direct quote” your words (Author’s last name page). | |
Sample Internal Citation
Correct example:
The area in which the red panda lives is “found all along the forested slopes of the Himalayan Mountains, through Nepal, Sikkim, northern Burma and into Western China” (Morris 146).
Incorrect example:
“The red panda covers a wider area than the giant, being found all along the forested slopes of the Himalayan Mountains, through Nepal, Sikkim, northern Burma and into Western China” (Morris 146).
2. Always follow a direct quote with the author’s last name and page number in parentheses.
Correct example: (Morris 146).
Incorrect example: (Morris, p. 146).
3. If there is no author, use the first word of the book or article title.
4. Always follow the end parentheses with a period; never put a period at the end of the quote.
5. When quoting from a website, there will be no page numbers. The numbers on the printout are not valid numbers. Therefore, just include the author’s last name or first word of the article title.
Correct example: (Jacobs).
6. All citations should be placed at the end of the sentence, not at the end of the quote. Please see above samples in Rule #1.
7. Every citation in your paper must have a corresponding citation on your Works Cited page.
Sample Citation for Works Cited Page
Always take this information from the title page of a book. Underlining or italicizing the source title is acceptable. Check with your teacher to see which is preferred.
| Morris, Ramona and Desmond Morris. Men and Pandas. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. |