Research in Action Eighth Grade Madison Media Center 2010

Parenthetical Citations An in-text citation that tells the reader that the information they read did not come from you, the author of the paper, but rather from another source. You MUST add citations to directly quoted information and paraphrased information. Your in-text citation must match your works cited page entry.

Format: Two Critical Elements Author & Page Number! AUTHOR (author last name page number). (Smith 67). NO AUTHOR???!! (Book Title Page number). (“Article Title” Page number). NO PAGE NUMBER???!! Skip it! (Smith). or (“The Lost Days”).

Directly quoted vs. Paraphrased “In 2007, 37 percent of American adults sought medical information from the internet regarding a health problem they were experiencing before consulting a doctor” (Smith 38). Instead of going to a health professional immediately, a recent study found that 37 percent of Americans are now turning to the internet for medical information (Smith 38).

Works Cited Book (One Author) Gomez, Anika. War and Soul. New York: Penguin, Print. Book (Two or Three Authors) Gomez, Anika, and Gerald Smith. War and Soul. New York: Penguin, Print.

Partial Body Paragraph Because of the current international recession, President Obama has had to immediately focus on and revolutionize the economy of the United States. As Obama has warned however, change will not happen immediately. At its best, the Obama administration does not rush, sugar-coat, or try to appease quickly (Klein 32). To overhaul the economy, major financial institutions will have to reconfigure and that change will take time. As President Obama said, “It is simply not sustainable to have an economy where, in one year, 40% of our corporate profits came from a financial sector that was based on inflated home prices, maxed-out credit cards, over- leveraged banks and overvalued assets” (32).