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Get the scoop on citation basics and how to cite different sources in APA, AMA, ACS, Optica, MLA, and Chicago formats with our citation guides here.
Whether your teacher is asking for parenthetical citations or footnotes, we have you covered. Read What Are In-Text Citations? and In-Text Citations vs References to see exactly how to format them.
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