Question

Im wondering about citing a book in a paragraph basically would i just put
Last name, Firstt name. title. edition. city: publisher, year.?

Do I also need to include like what page numbers I exactly took it from and do i just throw this at the end of the essay by that i just mean after i finish my closing i just write it at the bottom of the page or what?

Answer 1

You need to have each source of information <b>cited in TWO places</b>:

1. <b>the Works Cited page</b> that is placed after the last page of your paper, and
2. <b>in parentheses in the text of your paper</b>, immediately after the quotation or paraphrase.

For example, this would go on the Works Cited page (with proper indentation for the second and following lines):

Pepin, Ronald E. <i>Literature of Satire in the Twelfth Century</i>. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen P, 1988.

... and this would go immediately after the quotation or whatever:
(Pepin 18)

The information in parentheses in the text needs to be as brief as possible. That's why there's a Works Cited page – for all the details of the listing.

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Answer 2

If you are using APA guidelines instead of MLA, use this collection of webpages:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/