Citing a Quote in a research paper.

[En_Fuego]

Herro, I'm writing a research paper for school and we have to include so many quotes in it.

My question is what is the format for citing a quote on the 'Works Cited' page? I checked the hand booklet (Write-Right-Guide) and my teacher stapled over the part about citing quotes.

thanks

 

[Elfsilver Lord]

quotes? find where the quote was said, then you probably have to cite that. I dont think you can just cite a quote.

 

[En_Fuego]

yes, yes, I know this. I need to find the format for citing the work though. Like, author name, editor, finder of quote, blah blah however the order is.

 

[Wolle]

I usually make quotes like this:
Name of Article/ What ever i got the quote from, Name of auther of quote, year the quote was written, annex number (i usually collect all of my quotes on a page in the back of my papers)

Then you just raise the annex number to the top of the quotes inside the paper and youre home free

Hope i made any sense

 

[Arvedui]

Um, if you're in the U.S. it's usually in either MLA or APA style formatting.

They're easy to find on google. I really don't know about other countries, and I don't know where you're from.

I know in college (University) some professors ask for APA style, but I've done mostly MLA.

 

[En_Fuego]

Thank you Arvedui (US).

 

[Arvedui]

No problem. I do believe the "official" site for MLA is found somewhere on Purdue University's website. It also tells you how to cite sources in the paper as well as the Works Cited page.

Glad I could help

 

[Pyritie]

MLA is usually for english and stuff papers, Chicago-style is for history I think.

As for generating citations for a bibliography, this site is wonderful.