In-text citation is including a small bit of a whole citation along with information that has been paraphrased so the reader can use that piece of source and find the whole citation on the reference page for further reading. It can be done in 2 ways: embedding and referencing.
For example, let's use a book. This is the full citation using Son of Citation Machine: Van Allsburg, C. (1993). The sweetest fig. Boston, MA: HMH Publishers for Young Readers.
Embedded citing is done when the source is part of the paraphrasing such as According to Van Allsburg (1993), figs can be magical and eating them changes a person's life. See? The source for the book is part of the paraphrased information.
In a referenced citing, the paraphrasing information would read Figs can be magical and eating them changes a person's life (Van Allsburg, 1993). With referencing the in-text citing happens after the paraphrasing is stated. Notice how the in-text citation comes before the period.
Embedded....citation is part of the paraphrasing
Referenced....citation comes after the paraphrasing
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