1. English B53
In-Text Citations

2. In Text Citations
MLA citation style dictates that you indicate where you found your quoted, summarized, or paraphrased material with in-text citations.
Typically, these include the page or paragraph number where those citations appeared in the original text

3. Author’s Last Name
The author’s last name should be included in the signal phrase introducing the source. If, for some reason, it is awkward to include it there, the signal phrase must be included in the citation instead.
Companies can monitor employee’s every keystroke without legal penalty, but they may have to combat low morale as a result (Lane 129).
The author’s last name should be in the signal phrase OR in the citation, but not both.

4. No Author You might have a source that doesn’t have an author.
In those instances, include the name of the book or article in the signal phrase OR the citation, but not both.
According to the Bakersfield Californian, this year’s drought is the worst one in 70 years (“Drought Conditions Hit California Hard” D6).

5. No Pages or Paragraphs
If you have a source that does not have page numbers or paragraph numbers (these will be rare: charts on websites, for example), you should include only the author’s last name in the in-text citation.
As a 2005 study by Salary.com indicates, the internet ranked as the top choice among employees for ways of wasting time on the job (Frauenheim).

6. Two or Three Authors
If you have two or three authors, you need to mention all of their last names either in the signal phrase or in the citation.
According to Kizza and Sanyu, “employee monitoring is a dependable, capable, and very affordable process of electronically or otherwise recording all employee activities at work” (2).

7. Four or More Authors
If you have four or more authors, include only the first one listed and then “et al.” to indicate that there were more authors not mentioned.
The study was extended for two years (Blaine et al. 35).

8. Authors with the Same Last Names
Maybe you have two authors with the last name “Jones”. Then you’ll need to include the author’s first initial and last name to differentiate between the two.
According to A. Jones, estimates of the frequency with which employers monitor employees’ use of the Internet each day vary widely (15).

9. More than one Work from the Same Author
If you have multiple sources written by the same author, include the title of the source in your in-text citation
Smith explains, “Cat people tend to be introverts while dog people tend to be extroverts” (“Cat People Unveiled” par. 8).