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In-text citations are a way of giving credit to your sources as you write your paper.
Anytime you use another person's words or ideas, you must include a citation or a reference to the author and the year the work was published.
In-text citations must correspond with a citation on the reference list at the end of your paper.
There are two main types of in-text citations--direct quotes and paraphrased material.
Example of a direct quote:
Accordiing to Purvis (2001),"Radio coverage was generally more limited and shallow than what the print media offered, although radio sometimes provided commentary and description that was not available in print coverage" (p. 30).
Example of a paraphrase:
Purvis (2001) found that radio was at its height of popularity during World War II.