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Example

According to Merlin Stone, early societies were matrilineal

because humanity had not yet figured out the role of men in

producing children. To our earliest ancestors, females were the

sole givers of life (10–11).

If you have not used the author’s name in the sentence or paragraph,

place the author’s last name and the page number in parentheses

after the quote or paraphrase of the author’s words. Position the

parenthetical reference as close to the end of the sentence as
possible, but before the period that ends the sentence. No punctuation

is needed between the author’s name and the page number.

Example

A thirty-minute organizing session every Friday afternoon is

recommended as a way to keep an office functioning smoothly

(Morgenstern 109).

A Work by Multiple Authors.

As with a single author, if the authors are already mentioned in the

sentence or paragraph in which you discuss their work, the page

number alone serves as the reference. If you have not mentioned the

author’s names, your parenthetical reference should include their last
names separated by and along with the page number.