Review your list of parenthetical references to ensure page numbers, authors, titles and other details are accurate and that these match the Works Cited list. Place your parenthetical references as close as possible to the text being cited in your document. Include the reference at the end of a sentence -- before the period or comma and after a quotation or phrase.
Assume you are citing page 23 from the article The Coldest Winter written by Jay Weathers on pages 23 to 30 of the January 1, 2010, issue of a publication Weather Patterns. Cite the reference within the text as follows: Meteorologists have noticed this trend in Atlantic weather patterns (Weathers 23).
Assume this same information is published in a magazine. Cite the magazine article in the Works Cited list as follows: Weathers, Jay. "The Coldest Winter." Weather Patterns (italicized) 1 Jan. 2010: 23-30. Print.
Assume this same article, The Coldest Winter, was published by the newspaper Daily Gazette in the weather section E on pages 23 and 28 to 30. Cite the newspaper article in the Works Cited list as follows: Weathers, Jay. "The Coldest Winter." Daily Gazette (italicized) 1 Jan. 2010: E23+. Print.