Quotations

Quotations:

General formats:

	A quotation is material that is taken word-for-word from another author’s work.
	In quotations, you must provide the specific page number of the work you have quoted, as well as the author and year of publication.
	Two types of quotations: (a) quotations of fewer than 40 words, or (b) quotations of more than 40 words.

Quotations of Fewer Than 40 Words

Short quotations can be easily integrated into your text, enclosed with double quotation marks. Include the page number in parentheses at the end of the quote, followed by a full stop. An example is shown below.

Thompson (2001) argued that "dissociation is a potent determinant of

post-traumatic stress disorder" (p. 113). The paragraph continues.

Quotations of More Than 40 Words

	Include long quotations as a separate block of text, starting on a new line.
	The author and year of publication should be included in an introductory sentence.
	The quotation is then included as a separate block of text, indented five spaces from the left.
	Where a new paragraph is needed, you should indent it five spaces from the left margin of the block text.
	No quotation marks are needed, unless the text itself includes any quoted material.
	The page number of the quotation is included at the end, in parentheses. There is no full stop at the end of the page number details.

An example is shown below.

Brody and Ehrlichman (1998) concluded that:

Of all of the ways in which personality psychology might evolve in

the twenty-first century, we think that the clearest prediction that

can be made is that biological perspectives will be increasingly

important. The availability of neuroimaging techniques to observe

brain processes is enhancing the knowledge of the relationship of

brain and behaviour. These advances, combined with a better

understanding of neurochemistry, are likely to contribute to the

development of more sophisticated models of the biological basis

of individual differences. (p. 375)