Integrating Author Names and Source Titles

You can make sure that your reader is prepared for a quotation by mentioning the name of the person you are quoting as you introduce the quotation.  You might also give the title of the work you are quoting from, if doing so does not seriously interrupt the flow of language.  Moreover, if the source is a noteworthy figure, you can give additional authority to your material if you refer to his or her credentials.  Note: You can also apply these ideas to introducing summaries and paraphrases.  Here are examples that use author names and source titles effectively.

Source:

Binkley, Sue.  The Clockwork Sparrow: Time, Clocks, and Calendars in Biological Organisms.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Original Material:

Artificial lighting, jet travel, and space exploration permit sudden disruptions of natural temporal sequences.  – page 4

Integrating Author’s Name with the Quotation:

Sue Binkley explains that “artificial lighting, jet travel, and space exploration permit sudden disruptions of natural temporal sequences” (4).

Integrating Author’s Name and Title of Source:

Sue Binkley explains in The Clockwork Sparrow that “artificial lighting, jet travel, and space exploration permit sudden disruptions of natural temporal sequences” (4).

Integrating Author’s Name, Credentials, and Title of Source:

Sue Binkley, who has researched circadian rhythms for twenty years, explains in The Clockwork Sparrow that “artificial lighting, jet travel, and space exploration permit sudden disruptions of natural temporal sequences” (4).

Integrating Author’s Name with an Introductory Analysis:

Sue Binkley, a leading researcher in circadian rhythms who has found our modern life causes many dislocations of biological clocks, explains that “artificial lighting, jet travel, and space exploration permit sudden disruptions of natural temporal sequences” (4).