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College writing often involves integrating information from published sources into your own writing in order to add credibility and authority--this process is essential to research and the production of new knowledge. ... ; Use the menu below to learn more about quoting and paraphrasing...
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Quoting Only a Portion of the Whole ... Use ellipsis points (. . .) to indicate an omission within a quotation--but not at the beginning or end unless it's not obvious that you're quoting only a portion of the whole. ... ; Use the menu below to learn more about quoting and paraphrasing.
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The Writing Center, 6171 White Hall, UW-Madison 1; Acknowledging, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources; When you write at the college level, you often need to integrate material from published sources into your own writing.
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There are two cardinal rules for quoting sources that apply in all circumstances and regardless of which style manual you use. Your quotations must be accurate and must accurately represent the intent of the author(s).
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When quoting an entire sentence or passage, you can either 1) offer an introductory clause or phrase, often including the author’s name and perhaps source title, 2) incorporate it within the flow of your own prose or 3) use an interrupted structure.
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How do I decide whether to summarize, paraphrase, or quote my sources? ... Most often you will want to summarize your sources. A summary condenses another writer's ideas down to their essence; a summary states in a few sentences the core ideas the writer presents in many pages of writing.
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VI. QUOTING SOURCES ... There are conventions for quoting from sources that you must learn and use. Whenever you use the words of the source, even a short phrase, you must show this in your text by using quotation marks, or, for longer quotations, by setting them off.
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I remember doing a research when I started the news thread and it seems OK to post the news articles from reputable sources such as BBC on here as long as we state where it comes from.
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A quote should always be used to illustrate a point you are trying to make. Don't just plop it down in the middle of a paragraph and expect it to speak for itself, particularly in any kind ... Joy has clearly been carrying around anger about her leg. ... Quotes should always be preceded or followed by some kind of commentary.
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A guide from Purdue University on using MLA guidelines in research papers, and citing all sources from a single book to government documents. ... Works Cited: Electronic Sources...
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