In-textcitationsarereferenceswithinthebodyofawrittenworkthatacknowledgethesourcesofinformation,ideas,orquotationsused.Theytypicallyincludetheauthor'slastnameandtheyearofpublication(e.g.,Smith,2020),andsometimesapagenumberfordirectquotes(e.g.,Smith,2020,p.45).Thesecitationscorrespondtoafullreferenceinthebibliographyorworkscitedlist,allowingreaderstolocatetheoriginalsource.Differentcitationstyles,suchasAPA,MLA,andChicago,havespecificformattingrulesforin-textcitations.Properuseofin-textcitationsisessentialforacademicintegrity,avoidingplagiarism,andgivingcredittooriginalauthors.
