citations?

[yoko*]

Ok. I'm super confused. How would I cite an author, who cited some one else? does that even, work?

would I cite him, or would I just use his citation for the other author.. you know what I mean?

[MC Hammered]

If the citation is exactly the same then I'd cite the original author.

If it was modified in any way then cite the 'new' author.

[yoko*]

hmm.. i guesso. well I'm sure that it is the interpretation or report of the "new author". they are exact quotations or anything..

but I'd feel weird if I was citing the new author for statistics he didn't come up with on his own.. agh i hate university writing!
I HATE WRITING!

[miss.myra]

Which format are you using for your citations?

mla? apa?

[MC Hammered]

Just do whatever is most logical... kind of like math... of the same variable is carried forward it is always the same.

Look at the information you are citing that way and it might be easier to resolve your problem.

[Akeel]

yoko i'm guessing you would be using MLA
try this
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

but if your using apa use this
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

[Akeel]

Originally posted by yoko*
Ok. I'm super confused. How would I cite an author, who cited some one else? does that even, work?

would I cite him, or would I just use his citation for the other author.. you know what I mean?

ahh i know what you mean

you cite the original author. always :)

[Joanne]

^^
you're not supposed to cite the original author unless you've actually read the original work cited. although, I admit when I feel like being a lazy ass, I sometimes cite the original author... :(

however, if you wanna know what you SHOULD do, it would be something along the lines of X &Y's study (as cited in A, B, C, 2003).... blah, blah, blah.

--Joanne :P