Hi Palmer! Citing sources in an essay is different for each style of citation. If you could let us know what style the essay is in I can provide better feedback. If you're not sure what style you need you can ask your teacher or check your class syllabus. For a more overall guide on citations, you can check out the following link. https://zbib.org/ will help you get proper format for your references/works cited page. These will be different for each citation style. Hopefully that helps. Maybe I'll make a citation guide for each format after I finish the basics course.