You can choose between using a narrative or a parenthetical in-text citation style when you paraphrase a source in your paper.
Narrative citation of a paraphrased source:
Parenthetical citation of a paraphrased source:
Note: It is not required to provide a page or paragraph number in the citation when you are paraphrasing.
If you have a long paraphrase, cite the work being paraphrased on first mention. Once the work has been cited, it is not necessary to repeat the citation if the same work continues to be paraphrased:
Note: If the paraphrase continues into a new paragraph, reintroduce the citation.
When paraphrasing multiple sources in one sentence, include in-text citations for each source. The citations should be placed in parentheses, separated by a semicolon, and ordered alphabetically by the authors' last names:
Suppose you want to include paraphrased information from two sources, one by John Smith published in 2021 and another by Jane Brown published in 2020. The in-text citation would be formatted as follows:
In this example, the ideas from both sources are combined into a single sentence, and the in-text citations for each source are included in parentheses, separated by a semicolon. Note that the sources are listed alphabetically by the authors' last names.
Here is a more complex example of paraphrasing multiple sources in one sentence:
In this example, the in-text citation includes multiple sources to support distinct aspects of the statement. The parenthetical citations are placed next to the specific aspect of the sentence they support, separated by semicolons.
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