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Note on Parenthetical References |
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The amount of information needed in the parenthetical reference depends on what information has already been given to readers. If the signal phrase already contains the author's name, and that name appears on the works cited page for the source, the only information needed in the parenthetical reference is the page number in the source. The key is to provide readers with information that matches the entry on the works cited page at the end of the paper. Refer to the MLA or the Bedford handbooks for more complicated source references. |