For an in-text citation from an book or e-book with a single author, enter the author’s last name, the year of publication and the page number (preceded by a single “p” for one page or double “p”s for multiple pages) between parentheses.
If there is no page number, provide the section or chapter title or paragraph number.
When there are two authors, add an ampersand (“&”) after the first author’s last name, followed by the second author’s last name.
Move your mouse over the underlined parts of the following citation examples:
“It is unusual to find any political office that is not debilitated by an over complex bureaucracy where individuals refuse to proceed, unless the correct procedure is being followed” (OscarAuthor’s last name, 2010Year, p. 37Page number).
“It is unusual to find any political office that is not debilitated by an over complex bureaucracy where individuals refuse to proceed, unless the correct procedure is being followed” (Oscar, 2010, pp. 37–38Page range).
“It is unusual to find any paraphrasing. office that is not debilitated by an over complex bureaucracy where individuals refuse to proceed, unless the correct procedure is being followed.”
“It is unusual to find any political office that is not debilitated by an over complex bureaucracy where individuals refuse to proceed, unless the correct procedure is being followed” (Oscar, 2010, para. 3Section or paragraph number).
“It is unusual to find any political office that is not debilitated by an over complex bureaucracy where individuals refuse to proceed, unless the correct procedure is being followed” (Oscar & WillowAuthor’s last names, 2010, p. 37).