This is an example of a parenthetical citation in MLA form:
"The hatred between whites and Indians resulted mainly from misunderstandings stemming from deep-seated cultural differences." (Nardo 13)
Nardo is the Author's last name and 13 is the page number in the book from where I got the citation.
To create a parenthetical citation in MLA format for a website with no author, use the title of the webpage in quotation marks. For example, ("Title of Webpage").
The proper way to format an in-text parenthetical citation using the MLA style is to include the last name of the author and the page number from which the reference was taken.
("Values")
Using parenthetical citation in MLA format is important when writing academic papers because it allows readers to easily locate the sources of information you have used in your paper. This helps to give credit to the original authors and avoids plagiarism.
(Plante 87)
(Plante 87)
After the closing parentheses for the in-text citation.
(Frimpong 25)
(Reed)
("Frolicking Phenomenon" 1).
In MLA style, an author-page style parenthetical citation should include the author's last name and the page number(s) from the source. A parenthetical citation for a print source (books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, newspapers) with a known author should include a signal word or phrase (usually the author's last name) and a page number. A parenthetical citation for print source with no known author should include a shortened title of the work and a page number. Other things that may need to be included in a parenthetical citation include information about the edition of the source, a first initial if authors have the same last name, the volume number if citing from different volumes of a multi-volume work, and, when citing the Bible, the version you are using along with book, chapter, and verse.
"Accessed" in MLA refers to the date when you viewed or retrieved information from a source. It should be included in a citation after the publication date, in the format of "Accessed Day Month Year."