Question

Can someone help me with an in text citation for a medal? (AKA parenthetical citation)

Answer 1

I need to make an in text citation for an online dictionary for the word Civil Disobedience. Here's a link if that helps... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20disobedience

Answer 2

I use http://www.easybib.com

Answer 3

Oh wait you said in text citation

Answer 4

You put, in parentheses, the authors last name, comma, page number. I would say, in the sentence, "Merriam Webster states" then the rest of your sentence then at the end, after the period, put a headnote of 1. At the end of the paper, in the bibliography, put that same headnote and put the link right after it.

Answer 5

I think if you wanted to do an in-text citation for something from an online dictionary, it should look like this: ("civil disobedience").

Answer 6

Also, for future references, Merriam Webster made a page about doing full citations from online dictionary sources: http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/citing.htm

Usually, when you're doing an in-text citation, the in-text citation is usually like the first thing you see on a full citation (for example, if it was a book, you'd write the author's name as the in-text citation, and that is also the first thing you see for a full citation. Or if you were citing an article that did not list the author's name, you would instead use the title of the article, and that is also the first thing you would see on the full citation).

Answer 7

There is no tititke

Answer 8

Title

Answer 9

I hoped that helped, sorry if it confused you more than helped you

Answer 10

I'm not sure I'm used to more books with page numbers or websites with page numbers

Answer 11

@MiniMato

Ah, I see. Would I need to include the Webster Dictionary name in the citation as well if it's not already mentioned in the sentence?

Answer 12

I'm actually not sure, but if I were you, I'd try to work Webster Dictionary into my sentence just to be safe. That way, if it were required you put the dictionary name in the int-text citation if you didn't mention it in the sentence, then you wouldn't be making an error

Answer 13

Okay that's a good idea. I'll do that.
And I'm supposed to add the quotation marks around the word correct?

Answer 14

Yup! Think of the term as the title of an article you found on the internet. When citing an article from the internet, you would put quotation marks around the title ^^

Answer 15

Thank you!