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In-text citations

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Paraphrasing

National Aeronautics and Space Administration [nasa] (2018) posted ...

Tingle and the crew undertook numerous activities including a spacewalk … (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018).

Direct quote

Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide the paragraph number.

Tingle and his crewmates completed hundreds of experiments, welcomed four cargo spacecraft delivering several tons of supplies and experiments, and performed spacewalks ... (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018).

Reference list

Template

Author [Screen name]. (Year, Month Day). Title [Form]. Website name. URL

Example

National Aeronautics and Space Administration [nasa]. (2018, September 12). I’m NASA astronaut Scott Tingle. Ask me anything about adjusting to being back on Earth after my first spaceflight! [Online forum post]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9fagqy/im_nasa_astronaut_scott_tingle_ask_me_anything/

Notes on style

  • Give the real name of the poster. Add their exact screen name in square brackets. If their real name is unknown, just give their screen name without brackets.
  • Give the exact date of the post.
  • Give up to the first 20 words of the comment as the title.
  • Add the form in square brackets to the title.
  • Give the full URL of the post. If the item is archived, give the archived version URL (click post’s date stamp).

Forum comment

Example

haffy-1223. (2018, September 12). What do you think while on the launchpad about to launch? [Comment on the online forum post I’m NASA astronaut Scott Tingle. Ask me anything about adjusting to being back on Earth after my first spaceflight!]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9fagqy/im_nasa_astronaut_scott_tingle_ask_me_anything/e5v0027/

Notes on style

  • When the real name of the author is known, provide it first, in inverted format, followed by the screen name in brackets.
  • When the real name of the author is not known, provide only the screen name without brackets (as in the haffy-1223 example).
  • Add the form name as comment and original post title in the form section in square brackets to the title.