


If the organization has a common acronym, you may introduce it in your first in-text citation and then use the abbreviation in all subsequent citations.
#SIGNAL PHRASE VERBS FULL#
If the author of a work is an organization, company, or group, list that group's full name in the in-text citation.

( Smith & Miller, 2009)įor references with three or more authors, you will only include the first author and then the words et al. You will list up to two authors in an in-text citation, separated with an ampersand (&). Use the last name of the author for your in-text citation. (2017) explored the impact of attentional bias and rumination on test anxiety in first-year university students. That’s helpful when there’s a clear path to a solution" (p. Pink (2009) explains that "rewards, by their very nature, narrow our focus. Examples According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011), rates for pregnancy, STDs and abortion are much higher in the US than in other industrialized countries (para. For an overview of signal phrases along with some examples, visit George Mason University's page on Signal Phrases. You will often want to use a signal phrase to introduce a narrative citation. The page number will bookend the quote at the end. A narrative citations weaves in the author's name(s) into the text, and then adds in the year in parentheses. The strength of narrative citations is that it flows better for a reader. You may also use them for paraphrasing or summarizing. Narrative citations are the preferred method of citing quotes.
