Citing A Quote Within A Quote

Enclose direct quotations within a block quotation in double quotation marks.

Citing a quote within a quote. Nguyen argues quote as cited in chan 2002 p 487 on your references page you will only list the source you actually read. If the quotation comprises 30 or more words display it in an indented freestanding block of text set in a smaller type without quotation marks. Use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote see examples below.

Do not use quotations marks with a block quote. If you do not cite the quotes used you risk committing plagiarism be aware that the consequences of plagiarism can be serious. You might wonder a whether you should keep these citations in the quote and b whether you should include references for the citations.

However if you need to cite an indirect source as the manual refers to secondary sources if what you quote or paraphrase is itself a quotation put the abbreviation qtd. The indentation will signal that this is a long quote. The way you cite a source depends on the citation style many citation styles use in text citations in parentheses directly after the quote while others require.

The entire quote should be indented this way. Provide the author and specific page number in the case of verse provide line numbers in the in text citation and include a complete reference on the works cited page. At the end of a block quotation cite the quoted source and the page number in parentheses after the final punctuation mark.

124 states that you should use the original source if you can find it. In this case chan. In quoted in before the indirect source you cite in your parenthetical reference.

Sometimes when you are quoting from another source the text you want to quote will include citations. Citing a citation also known as citing an indirect source is when a writer cites information that is quoted from a different source. The mla handbook 8th edition p.

Also from page 292 of the apa manual. It will look like a block of text within the paragraph. Although all of the major citation systems encourage writers to track down the original source of the information and to use it as the source in the new paper the citation systems recognize that this is sometimes impossible.

In a quotation in running text that is already enclosed in double quotation.