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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25610
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/25610
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

You have understood correctly. From the [Purdue Online Writing Lab](https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/):

> In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as **parenthetical citation**. This method involves placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or a paraphrase.

They give an example:

> `Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous
> overflow of powerful feelings" (263).`
> 
> `Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of
> powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).`
> 
> Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:
> 
> `Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford UP, 1967.`

MLA has an extensive system for providing citations that are clear and well-defined; you really need to [dig into the details](https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/) and get a better sense of what's expected of you.

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