Quotations should always be cited and indicated with ation marks, and you should include a page number indicating where the e occurs in the source. Example: Citation with APA style in-text citation. Evolution is a gradual process which “can only act by very short and very slow stages” Darwin, 1859, p. 510. The rules for writing a full citation differ depending on the format and type of source. For example, the same source would be cited differently in MLA and in APA: the year of publication would be in a different place and the author's name would be written differently. Direct texts and paraphrases require an in-text or parenthetical citation to follow. Format your parenthetical or in-text citation in MLA as follows: Explain or paraphrase the author's last name and page number. OR. The author's last name indicates this direct quote or paraphrases the page number. The in-text citation: is brief and provides only the information necessary to identify the source as it appears in the works cited list. This is usually the author name and page reference. Example of in-text citation: If the author's name is mentioned in the text, only the page number appears in the citation. List of works cited: Use ation marks around the title if it is part of a larger work, such as a chapter in a book, a journal article, or a page on a website. All main words in a title are capitalized. The same format is used in the list of works cited and in the text itself. When using the Scribbr MLA citation generator, correct formatting and.