How to Cite a Paraphrased Statement

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Start with the last name.

   For a basic book citation on the reference page, which you use when you paraphrase from another source, you start with the last name.
   
   Follow that with a comma and the first name: “Bruno, Jessica.” Use a period after the name.
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   Step 2: List the name of the book.

   Next, put the name of the book in italics: “Bruno, Jessica.
   
   Feeding Hedgehogs.” Use a period after the title. , Use the city and state if it’s obscure: “Bruno, Jessica.
   
   Feeding Hedgehogs.
   
   Fayetteville, Arkansas:” Use a colon after the state. , Follow this with a comma and the year. “Bruno, Jessica.
   
   Feeding Hedgehogs.
   
   Fayetteville, Arkansas:
   Catfish Publications,
   1995.” , Make sure to detail the publication type: print, audio, video, etc. “Bruno, Jessica.
   
   Feeding Hedgehogs.
   
   Fayetteville, Arkansas:
   Catfish Publications,
   1995.
   
   Print.” , To reference the citation in your paper, use parenthesis at the end of the sentence you’re paraphrasing.
   
   Put the author and the page number in the parenthesis: “Hedgehogs mainly consume insects (Bruno 22).
   
   For a source within a source, the reference page citation will stay the same.
   
   That is, if Bruno paraphrases Jeff Jones as saying hedgehogs don’t eat much vegetation, then you make a citation for Bruno on the reference page and change the in-text citation: “Hedgehogs don’t eat much vegetation (Jones cited in Bruno 22).”
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   Step 3: Follow that with the place of publication.

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   Step 4: Put the publisher’s name after the colon.

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   Step 5: Add the medium of publication with a period after it.

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   Step 6: Use parenthesis to reference the citation in your paper.

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