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Citing Indirect Sources

To cite a source that was originally published in one format that you viewed within a different source, cite the work in its original form, then add the citation for the source you viewed

Example: Quote from One Source within Another

First Note

1. Nathaniel Green, "I think we have..." in 1776, by David McCullough (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), 205.

Subsequent Note

2. Green, "I think we have...," 205.

Bibliography

Green, Nathaniel. "I think we have...". In 1776, by David McCullough, 205. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

Examples: Articles in Another Source

First Note

3. "The Wide Awakes," New York Herald, September 19, 1860, quoted in Wayne C. Temple, "Lincoln's Fence Rails," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 47, no. 1 (Spring 1954): 31.

Subsequent Note

4. "The Wide Awakes," 31

Bibliography

Temple, Wayne C. "Lincoln's Fence Rails." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 47, no. 1 (Spring 1954).


Cite only the journal article in the bibliography. Use "quoted in" to indicate that only a portion of the earlier newspaper story was included in the journal article.

First Note

5. John Katz, "Campus Speech Codes Violate Free Speech," in Censorship, ed. Tamara Roleff (Detroit: Greenhaven, 2000), EBSCO, accessed November 4, 2011, http://search.ebscohost.com.

Subsequent Note

6. Katz, "Campus Speech Codes Violate Free Speech."

Bibliography

Katz, John. “Campus Speech Codes Violate Free Speech.” In Censorship, edited by Tamara Roleff. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2000. EBSCO. Accessed November 4, 2011. http://search.ebscohost.com.

Examples: Testimony/Speech in Another Source

First Note

7. Partial-Birth Abortion Act, 105th Cong. (1997) (statement of Douglas Johnson), Concerned Women for America, accessed January 17, 2012, http://www.cwfa.org.

Subsequent Note

8. Partial-Birth Abortion Act, 105th Cong.

Bibliography

Legal sources are cited only in Notes.

First Note

9. Robert Dole, "Senator Dole's Comments at Nixon's Funeral" (1994), in Defining Moments: Watergate, by Kevin Hillstrom (Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2004), 80.

Subsequent Note

10. Dole, "Senator Dole's Comments at Nixon's Funeral," 81.

Bibliography

Dole, Robert. "Senator Dole's Comments at Nixon's Funeral." 1994. In Defining Moments: Watergate, by Kevin Hillstrom, 80-81. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2004.

Examples: Illustrations Republished in Another Source

First Note

11. Herblock, "Altered Document," in The Secret Government, by Bill Moyers (Washington D.C.: Seven Locks Press, 1989), 63.

Subsequent Note

12. Herblock, "Altered Document," 63.

Bibliography

Moyers, Bill. The Secret Government. Washington D.C.: Seven Locks Press, 1989.


Cite the cartoon only in Notes. Cite the book in the bibliography.

First Note

13. Stephen Kroninger, Uncle George Wants You, 1991, in Angry Graphics, by Karrie Jacobs and Steven Heller (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1992), 48.

Subsequent Note

10. Kroninger, Uncle George Wants You, 48.

Bibliography

Jacobs, Karrie and Steven Heller. Angry Graphics. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1992.


Cite the poster only in Notes. Cite the book in the bibliography.