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APA Style Guide: 6th Edition

Formatting: Quotations
  • When quoting, always provide the author, year and specific page or paragraph number in the citation
  • Incorporate the quote within the text
  • Enclose the quotation with double quotation marks
  • If the quotation appears mid-sentence, cite the source immediately after the quotation marks

If a quote consists of 40+ words:

  • do not use quotations marks
  • insert the quote as a block of text separate from the main body of your paper
  • indent the block .5 inches from the left margin
  • place the in-text citation after the ending punctuation of the block quote

The following link, courtesy of the APA Blog (2013), offers 5 examples of formatting block quotes:

  • Use single quotation marks around a quote that falls within a quote
  • Any punctuation that is part of a quote within a quote should be placed inside the single quotation marks

EXAMPLE:

"When you are quoting from a resource and that quote includes an internal quote, 'use single quotation marks for the internal quote!' and include punctuation for that internal quote within the single quotation marks."

The following table and more information on punctuation and quotations can be found on the APA Blog: CLICK HERE