How do I cite a quoted reference in a book I am writing?

Answer 1

There are many ways of doing it. I would recommend checking out some books on nonfiction writing to learn more about it.

A few websites that may help:

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/apa_style.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Answer 2

First find out from your professor which style he or she wants. MLA is fairly easy. It goes like this: On writing a paper you should "use quotes in quotation marks" (Smith 35).

The quote is between the quotation marks with the last name of the author and page number in parentheses seperated by a space. The period goes at the end of the sentence, never at the end of the quote, even if the quote is at the end of a sentence.

Check out this site for color codes for citations: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm

Answer 3

You need to get a copy of your publisher's style guide. If you don't have a publisher, just do a search for "Style Guide Citation". You will find a number of formats. If the book is on a certain discipline, say architecture, search for "Citation Architecture".

Both MLA and Chicago Style guides are pretty general, or get a copy of "The Little, Brown Handbook" by Fowler and Aaron. Actually, Little, Brown is probably your best bet.

Answer 4

After you put the quoted item in quotations "", then you put the last name of the author, or the name of the book along with the page number in parenthesis.

Answer 5

website i used in college
www.citationmachine.net