So I need help with parenthetical citations, I haven't begun to type my paper yet but I was wondering how to cite something.
If I paraphrase/summarize some key points in an article I found, do i have to put (Author, #) after each sentence?

Or could I say:

"According to Author , blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah.(#)"

I believe it's

"Your text here" (Author 325).


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source https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

This post was edited by nlin on Oct 30 2013 06:04pm

Right, that's if you quote/use a piece of information. However I found a web page with a lot of history on it that I want to summarize into probably 4-5 sentences.
Would I need to cite every piece of info since it comes from the same source? Or is there a way to cite the entire paragraph?

e/: oh, nvm didnt read it all.. not gonna edit out my post tho. actually not sure what format of referencing this would fall under tho



this is from my master thesis, and serves as an example



then you need the full reference in your bibliography at the end of the paper




as for your situation, i would look at the references on the website, use those as they are probably closer to the primary source, rewrite and use a style like i did

This post was edited by Simens on Oct 31 2013 06:01pm

citationmachine.net will help you out a lot.

You can select MLA or APA, then just input your information, it will provide with your in text citations as well as your reference page citations.