# In text citations at the beginning of a text

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-citations-at-the-beginning-of-a-text/288488>\
**Category:** EndNote How To\
**Created:** [July 26, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-citations-at-the-beginning-of-a-text/288488 "2008-07-26T19:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfwinter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@pfwinter](https://community.endnote.com/u/pfwinter)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/in-text-citations-at-the-beginning-of-a-text/288488/1 "2008-07-26T19:21:32Z")

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I am having difficulty adding a reference that is not in parenthesis. For example, when I insert a reference at the beginning of a text, the citation looks like (Jones&nbsp;& Jones,&nbsp;2001). Is there a way to add the the reference with without parenthesis around the author without having to retype the author? Ie.g. Jones and Jones (2001)?