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===Author-date style=== Using author-date style,{{efn|name=fn1|As used with periodical/journal articles.}} the sourced text is indicated parenthetically with the last name(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication with no intervening punctuation.<ref name="cmos4">{{cite book |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |chapter=15: Author-Date References |publisher=University of Chicago Press |at=Section 22: Text citations—basic form |isbn=9780226287058 |lccn=2017020712 |edition=17th |date=2017 |oclc=1055308068}}</ref> {{quote frame|Research has found that students do not always cite their work properly (Smith 2016).}} When page numbers are used, they are placed along with the author's last name and date of publication {{em|after}} an interposed comma.<ref name="cmos4" /> {{quote frame|Research has found that students do not always cite their work properly (Smith 2016, 24).}} If the author's name is used in the text, only the date of publication need be cited parenthetically (with or without the page number).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |chapter=15: Author-Date References |publisher=University of Chicago Press |at=Section 5: The author-date system—overview |isbn=9780226287058 |edition=17th |lccn=2017020712 |date=2017 |oclc=1055308068 }}</ref> {{quote frame|Research done by Smith found that students do not always cite their work properly (2016).}} In-text citations are usually placed just inside a mark of punctuation. An exception to this rule is for [[block quotation]]s, where the citation is placed outside the punctuation.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |chapter=15: Author-Date References |publisher=University of Chicago Press |at=Section 25: Text citations in relation to surrounding text and punctuation |isbn=9780226287058 |edition=17th |lccn=2017020712 |date=2017 |oclc=1055308068}}</ref> The full citation for the source is then included in a references section at the end of the material.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Chicago Manual of Style: Chapter 15: Author-Date Reference|publisher=University of Chicago Press |at=Section 6: Basic structure of a reference list entry |isbn=9780226287058 |edition=17th |lccn=2017020712 |date=2017 |oclc=1055308068}}</ref> As publication dates are prominent in this style, the reference entry places the publication date ''following'' the author(s) name.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |chapter=15: Author-Date References |publisher=University of Chicago Press |at=Section 14: Placement of dates in reference list entries |isbn=9780226287058 |edition=17th |lccn=2017020712 |date=2017 |oclc=1055308068}}</ref> {{quote frame|Heilman, James M., and Andrew G. West. 2015. "Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership, Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language." ''Journal of Medical Internet Research'' [[Volume (bibliography)|17]] [[Issue (periodical)|(3)]]: e62. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:10.2196/jmir.4069.}}
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