A summary is a condensed version of a longer passage from a outside source. Like a paraphrase, it is written in your own words.
The APA requires that you include the author's last name and year of publication. Page numbers are encouraged but optional.
Fontana and Montalbano (2008) report that in order for Microsoft to remain relevant in the Netbook environment, they are making Windows XP Home available for Netbook until 2010 because Windows Vista takes up too much memory and can’t operate on the smaller but functional Netbooks.
Fontana and Montalbano (2008) report that in order for Microsoft to remain relevant in the Netbook environment, they are making Windows XP Home available for Netbook until 2010 because Windows Vista takes up too much memory and can’t operate on the smaller but functional Netbooks (p. 12).
In order for Microsoft to remain relevant in the Netbook environment, they are making Windows XP Home available for Netbooks until 2010 because Windows Vista takes up too much memory and can’t operate on the smaller but functional Netbooks (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008).
In order for Microsoft to remain relevant in the Netbook environment, they are making Windows XP Home available for Netbooks until 2010 because Windows Vista takes up too much memory and can’t operate on the smaller but functional Netbooks (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008, p. 12).