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You should try to do this within every paragraph in the body of your assignment. Paraphrasing often involves commenting about the information at the same time, and this is where you can really show your understanding of the topic. Paraphrasing is when you take the core idea from the original text, and rewrite it completely in your own words (and "voice"). NB! Some lecturers and citation styles want page numbers for everything you cite, others only want page numbers for direct quotes. Superina (2011) observed a captive pink fairy armadillo, and noticed any variation in its environment could cause great stress. If you use the exact wording from the original at any time, those words must be treated as a direct quote.Īll information must be cited, even if it is in your own words. This is preferred to quoting, but where possible try to go beyond simply summarising another person's information without "adding value".Īnd, remember, the words must be your own words. It is a type of paraphrasing, and you will be using this frequently in your assignments, but note that summarising another person's work or argument isn't showing how you make connections or understand implications. You then give this "in a nutshell" version in your own words. Summarising is when you take a large amount of text (for example, several paragraphs or a whole document) and "boil it down" to the most important facts or the essence of the argument. NB! Most referencing styles will require a page number to tell readers where to find the original quote. It has been observed that "pink fairy armadillos seem to be extremely susceptible to stress" (Superina, 2011, p. Each referencing style has rules for setting out a block quote. Long quotes (more than 40 words) are called "block quotes" and are rarely used in most subject areas (they mostly belong in Literature, History or similar subjects). If you feel a direct quote is appropriate, try to keep only the most important part of the quote and avoid letting it take up the entire sentence - always start or end the sentence with your own words to tie the quote back into your assignment.

You should only use direct quotes if the exact wording is important, otherwise it is better to paraphrase. Quoting doesn't showcase your writing ability - all it shows is that you can read (plus, lecturers hate reading assignments with a lot of quotes). It is always a good idea to keep direct quotes to a minimum. You should always put the words that come exactly (word for word) in "quotation marks", and an in-text citation in the correct format for your referencing style. Quoting is when you have used the exact words from your source.

Use only the surnames of your authors in text (e.g., Smith & Brown, 2014) - however, if you have two authors with the same surname who have published in the same year, then you will need to use their initials to distinguish between the two of them (e.g., K.

alphabetical order, then oldest to newest for works by the same author) and be separated by a semi-colon. If you cite more than one work in the same set of brackets in text, your citations will go in the same order in which they will appear in your reference list (i.e. It appears the intervention was not based on evidence from clinical trials (Green et al., 2019). Green et al.'s (2019) findings indicated that the intervention was not based on evidence from clinical trials. 29).įor 3 or more authors, use the first author and "et al." for all in-text citations The authors stated "the mice disappeared within minutes" (Jones & Smith, 2020, p. Jones and Smith (2020) found that "the mice disappeared within minutes" (pp. The author stated "the mice disappeared within minutes" (Smith, 2020, p. Smith (2020) found that "the mice disappeared within minutes" (pp. Check with your lecturer to see what you need to do for your assignment. Note: Some lecturers want page numbers for all citations, while some only want page numbers with direct quotes. If an in-text citation has the authors' names in brackets use "&" between the authors' names : (Jones & Smith, 2020, p. If an in-text citation has the authors' names as part of the sentence (that is, outside of brackets) place the year and page numbers in brackets immediately after the name, and use 'and' between the authors' names: Jones and Smith (2020, p. If you are using a direct quote, you will also need to use a page number.

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