8.10.4 Documenting Sources: In-Text Citations

indirect quote

when you are paraphrasing or summarizing what the author has said. You are keeping the content but changing the words. The majority of your citations should be this type. It is simply not necessary to rewrite everything the authors have said.

The majority of the citations in your paper should be indirect citations.

True

You only use quotation marks around direct quotes.

True

You only use in-text citations for direct quotes.

False

Which of the following would you not likely find in a lead-in?

The Publisher

Citation Lead-ins

a mini-introduction to the information you are citing

direct quote

when you use the exact words of the author and you put quotation marks around it. The only time you should use a direct quotation is when you can't possibly word it any better or any differently than it has already been worded. Or, you can use it when you want to refer to the exact wording used. Be careful not to overuse the direct quotation.