RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

CITATION STYLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
You put your in-text citation inside of ____
A
“quotation marks”
B
(parentheses)
C
[brackets]
D
$dollar signs$
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In-text citations generally contain the author’s last name (surname) and page location of cited material placed within parentheses at the end of a sentence.

Detailed explanation-2: -A parenthetical citation gives credit in parentheses to a source that you’re quoting or paraphrasing. It contains information such as the author’s name, the publication date, and the page number(s) if relevant.

Detailed explanation-3: -When text and a citation appear together in parenthesis, use a semicolon to separate the citation from the text; do not use parentheses within parentheses.

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