List the last name of the author, followed by the page number you are citing.
For example: Smith 118
Enclose the citation information in parentheses.
For example: (Smith 118).
Place your citation directly after quoting or paraphrasing from the source. The citation should come before punctuation marks such as periods, commas, semicolons or colons. Here are 2 examples:
One scholar avers that zombies "have the best recovery rate of any supernatural creature" (Smith 118).
One scholar avers that zombies have the best recovery rate of any supernatural creature (Smith 118); others disagree.
Omit the name of the author from your parenthetical citation if you have already referenced it in the text. For example:
Smith avers that zombies "have the best recovery rate of any supernatural creature" (118).
Repeat Step 3, however, when you cite a second reference and then go back to the first reference.