Noting authorities and
quotes
When you quote directly from a source, you
must clearly indicate this. For a short quote we use quotation marks. Here is an example
from an essay about the book "Foreign Affairs" by Alison Lurie:
Fred Turner, one of the main characters in Alison Lurie’s book “Foreign Affairs”
published in 1984, is fairly eccentric:
“Usually he walks everywhere ... in imitation of the eighteenth-century author
John Gray” (page 24).
(The three dots ... show we have left out a few words.)
Putting all the information in the text, as in the above example, is a bit clumsy
so instead we can give full details of the book at the end of the essay and write
just enough in the text to identify the book. The details we must give are:
[Enough information to identify the source in your reference list at the back;
usually the author's name], [Year published]:[Page number, if applicable]
Fred Turner, one of the main characters in Lurie’s book, is fairly eccentric:
“Usually he walks everywhere ... in imitation of the eighteenth-century author
John Gray” (Lurie 1986:24).
If you use a longer quote (more than 4 lines) then instead of quotation marks
you should indent the quote like this:
Fred Turner, one of the main characters
in Lurie's book, is fairly eccentric: Though he has been in London for
three weeks, this is the first time Fred has used the underground. Usually
he walks everywhere, regardless of the distance or the weather, in imitation
of the eighteenth-century author John Gray, about whom he is supposed
to be writing a book
At the end of your essay there should be a list of all the books you have
quoted from or mentioned. This list should be written in the following way:
Lurie, A (1986) Foreign Affairs, Abacus,
London.
Name of author, date of publication, name of book (in italics), publisher,
where published.
How to list references
Your references must be listed at the end of your report in alphabetic order
based on the first word in the reference.
Three types of references are common:
Each of these has its special way of being presented. To see how they should
be listed, click on the reference you want to learn more about.
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2006-04-20
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