All About Quoting

You’ve determined that a quote is fair use. What now?

There’s a lot more to quoting than just tacking quotation marks on either side of a comment and remembering to credit the source. How do you fit a quote smoothly into the grammar of a sentence or the larger structure of the paragraph? How much quoting is too much?

Picking up where our popular session on copyright leaves off, this in-depth session will focus on the appropriate use of source material, from general principles about the judicious use of quotes to details of formatting and style.

Here's What You'll Learn

• When in-text quotations, block quotes, or paraphrasing are most appropriate
• How to avoid the pitfalls of paraphrasing
• How to punctuate and format different kinds of quotes
• Ways of crediting sources, whether previously published or original