Brief citations in the text refer the reader to more complete information in the list of works cited at the end of the article. In-text citations include the author's last name followed by a page number in parentheses. Here, it's direct. If the author's name is not given, use the first word(s) of the title. Both the APA and MLA cite an article's sources using parenthetical references in the text. MLA uses the author's last name and page number for reference. The APA uses the author's last name and year of publication. If a direct e is used, the APA requires the author's name, year, and page number. An in-text citation is a source citation in academic writing that is placed directly within the body of the text, usually at the end of the sentence, clause, or phrase. This is an alternative style to footnotes, which cite sources at the bottom of a page, or endnotes, which cite sources at the end of a section, chapter or of an entire work. The Eighth Edition of the MLA Handbook recommends brevity and clarity in an in-text citation 116 brevity so that a reference does not interfere with the flow of reading and clarity so that the reader can easily find the corresponding entry in the list of works cited. If you cite two works by the same author, you must provide a short title in your text. To cite a dictionary with a single author or editor, simply include their name at the beginning of your Works Cited entry, followed by "editor." » if that is how they are identified on the title page. MLA format. Author's name, first name, publisher. "Title of entry." Dictionary name, edition, publisher, year, p. Page number. Cite a journal from a database. To cite a journal article that you accessed through a database data, simply include the usual information for a printed journal, followed by the database name in italics MLA format Author name, First name "The title of the article. ". Newspaper name, day month year, p. Page number. Name of the data base. In-Text Citations - Multiple Authors or No Authors If there are two authors, provide the last name of each. Example: Winks et, If there are three or more authors, include the first author's last name followed by et al. without any intermediate punctuation. Example: Baldwin et al. 306 If there is no author, as is the case with some,