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- What is the easiest way to find a quote?
- How do you research a quote?
- How do you find a quote within a quote?
- How do I find a quote from a book without page numbers?
- How do I find a direct quote?
- How do you quote an unknown quote?
- How do you cite a quote you don't know?
- How do you know if a quote is real?
- What quotes are public domain?
- How do you cite a quote from someone else's book?
- How do you cite someone's quote from a website?
- How do you cite a quote from a website without an author?
- How do you cite a quote without a source?
- Can you use a quote as a source?
What is the easiest way to find a quote?
Enter your search into the search bar on twitter.com. Click Advanced search, located underneath Search filters on the upper right of your results page, or click More options and then click Advanced search. Fill in the appropriate fields to refine your search results (see below for some helpful tips).
How do you research a quote?
Many quotes are actually misquoted and deviate from the original quote. Therefore, when searching for a quote, try using keywords or try searching for the general idea of a quote especially if you are unsure of wording. Also try searching by the author if you don't have the wording correct but know the author.
How do you find a quote within a quote?
Quotations within a Quotation
Use single quotation marks to enclose quotes within another quotation. The reporter told me, "When I interviewed the quarterback, he said they simply 'played a better game. '"
How do I find a quote from a book without page numbers?
To directly quote from material with canonically numbered sections (e.g., religious or classical works), use the name of the book, chapter, verse, line, and/or canto instead of a page number.
How do I find a direct quote?
Fortunately, Google Search has a special operator for that: quotation marks. Put quotes around any word or phrase, such as [“wireless phone chargers”], and we'll only show pages that contain those exact words or phrases.
How do you quote an unknown quote?
Anonymous or No Author:
If there is no author, cite the first few words of the reference entry and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title of an article, a chapter, or a web page.
How do you cite a quote you don't know?
"Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title. Follow the same formatting that was used in the works cited list, such as quotation marks.
How do you know if a quote is real?
To verify a quote, one needs to know who said it, where it was said, and when it was said so readers can find the original source of the quote. Many people turn to free Web sources or "quote a day calendars" to find quotes.
What quotes are public domain?
So how do we label the Public Domain quotes? As mentioned in the article link above, The quotes automatically fall on the public domain category (meaning the copyright has expired) when the author has died for more than 70 years. This is the safest way to use quotes for commercial use.
How do you cite a quote from someone else's book?
Citing unwritten sources quoted in another source
When making reference to the spoken words of someone other than the author recorded in a text, cite the name of the person and the name of the author, date and page reference of the work in which the quote or reference appears.
How do you cite someone's quote from a website?
Cite web pages in text as you would any other source, using the author and date if known. Keep in mind that the author may be an organization rather than a person. For sources with no author, use the title in place of an author. For sources with no date use n.d. (for no date) in place of the year: (Smith, n.d.).
How do you cite a quote from a website without an author?
When a work has no identified author, cite in text the first few words of the article title using double quotation marks, “headline-style" capitalization, and the year.
How do you cite a quote without a source?
In-text citations include the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses. "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title. Follow the same formatting that was used in the works cited list, such as quotation marks.
Can you use a quote as a source?
You need to provide a citation whenever you refer to an idea that you derived from a source. This is the case whether you use a direct quote, a paraphrase, or even just a direct or indirect mention.
