Internal Citations - a.k.a. In-text citations - a.k.a. Parenthetical References

Internal Citations (also referred to as Parenthetical References)

IDEALLY--(ha)--you have  at least 3-4 POTENTIAL references that you might use in your paper, and have already gone to Easybib to begin your Works Cited Page

Internal citations and works cited work together. A works cited page is insufficient to avoid plagiarism by itself. The writer of a research paper, whether it is three and a half pages or seventy-three pages,  MUST incorporate research smoothly within the context of the paper and CITE the information--that is, indicate the exact page or source of the information. Failure to do so results in plagiarism. In other words:

No parenthetical citations = FAILURE

Period.

There is a great deal of available information on "how to" correctly include citations within the paper--but like all else, it doesn't become important or "real" to you until you are actually writing the paper. Then, the writer MUST know where to look for immediate assistance.

 FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE ON INTERNAL CITATIONS:

The Purdue O.W.L.: In-text citation rules

You Tube: in-text citations
  
Another You Tube video that can be helpful: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f49YwDkRc4&noredirect=1

Using internal citations will only become "real" to you when you begin to incorporate research yourself. Until that time, adding information will be hypothetical and abstract.

ADDITIONAL NOTES :

• Make certain you use a signal phrase to introduce any quote
• Make sure you follow up the quote with an explanation of its relevancy or explanation of how it adds to the topic under discussion - as an example, see page 1642, page 2 of the sample paper by Groulx, paragraph 2.
• If a quote is over four lines of typed, double-spaced text, it should be set off from the left margin, as in the above example.