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This one-minute video clarifies how to cite when you cite another author's words or another author's ideas.
Accurately quote the original author's words.
Enclose the quotation within quotation marks.
Follow the quotation with an in-text citation.
Introduce the quotation with a phrase that includes the author' name (e.g., Baxter argues that...)
Provide a list of references with full citation information at the end of the paper.
Paraphrasing or summarizing doesn't mean just changing a couple of words from the original work.
Acknowledge the source through in-text citations immediately following the paraphrase.
Review some good examples of paraphrasing and learn the techniques that will improve your paraphrasing.
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