Indirect source


Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

Freud (qtd. in Smith 102)


Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Author. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.

Reference List example

Smith, P.,  et al. Introduction to Psychology: A Reader. McGraw-Hill, 1998.


Style notes for this reference type

Elements of citation:

  • Author of indirect source.
  • Title of book (italicised).
  • Publisher,
  • Date of publication.

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  • Whenever you can, take material from the original and not a secondhand source (6.77).
  • If you quote an author’s quotation of a source you did not personally consult, put the abbreviation qtd. in (for quoted in) before the indirect source you cite in your parenthetical citation. Otherwise, you can clarify the relation between the original and secondhand sources in a note (6.77).
  • The abbreviation qtd. in is not needed if your prose makes it clear that the source is secondhand (6.77).

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