In-text referencing when using direct quotes from a book with one author.

There are two options for in-text referencing:

1. Adding a citation at the end of a sentence.
2. Using the author’s name as part of your sentence.

Essential information to include:

• The family name of the author.
• No initials are required.
• The year of publication.
• Place a comma between the year and the page number.
• Write  the page number/s as p. 95 or pp. 95- 97.
• Leave a space between the p. and the number.
• Use ‘single’ inverted commas, to indicate the quotation.

Note:

It is essential to write exactly what is written in the quote.

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(a) Fletcher (2006, p. 57) argues that ‘unless a business uses the global capacities available to it, it will never reach all of its potential markets’.

or

(b) ‘Unless a business uses the global capacities available to it, it will never reach all of its potential markets’ (Fletcher 2006, p. 57).

Note:

• The full stop is placed after the bracket when the citation is at the end of the sentence. (See - Example b).

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