Writing > Plagiarism and Academic Integrity > Quoting > Quoting

When you quote you must:

• use the exact phrase including punctuation,
• set off the phrase with quotes (" "), and
• reference the phrase properly.

Quoting should be used only:

• when you want to show that someone who is respected in the field agrees with you (authority),
• when it says something in a particularly new or interesting way, or
• when the sentence that you are quoting is an essential part of your argument.

Remember it is important to use quotes sparingly.

It is also important to integrate them properly into your paper.

A quote should:

• make sense
• always be introduced
• flow with the rest of the sentences
• be there for a reason.

Now that you know what quotes are and how you should use them, we are going to look at several examples of quoting.

To get the most out of the next group of slides you should download the pdf file The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. All the examples of quotes and paraphrases, except for one, are found in this document.

There is also one quote taken from the University of Manitoba Student Advocacy web page "Cheating, plagiarism and fraud."