Format your in-text journal citation in the following manner if you are adhering to Chicago/Turabian style guidelines: (Author's last name year published, page you are referencing.
Example: (Smith 1998, 17)
Notice that there is no comma between the author's name and the year, but there is a comma between the year and the page number.
Format your in-text journal citation in the following manner if you are adhering to Modern Language Association style guidelines: (Author's last name page number)
Example: (Smith 17)
Format your in-text journal citation in the following manner if you are adhering to American Psychological Association style guidelines:
(Author's last name, year published)
For example:
(Smith, 1998)
Although APA guidelines do not require it, they do encourage you to include a page number if you are paraphrasing an idea from another work. For example:
(Smith, 1998, p. 17)
Position your in-text citation at the end of the sentence you are referencing, but before the period. This is the same in all three citation styles.
Example: It has been proven that bread rises differently at different altitudes (Smith, 1998).