Paraphrasing & Quotations - What's the difference?

When you cite a source in the body of an assignment you can either paraphrase or quote it.

Paraphrasing means summarising a source in your own words. To reference a source that you have paraphrased you will need to include:

• the surname of the author
• the year of publication

E.G: Morris (2010) continually stresses the imporatnce of using a sketchbook to develop as an illustrator.

To quote directly from a source you will need to include:

• the surname of the author
• the year of publication
• the page number
• put "quotation marks" around the quote

E.G.: Morris (2010, p.69) asserts that "black waterproof Indian ink is the first choice of most illustrators".

You can find out more about paraphrasing and quotations in the Referencing Guide here.