Answered By: MVCC Reference Librarian
Last Updated: Jan 05, 2022     Views: 109

It is best to try to find the original source and cite that. If you are unable to find the original source of the quote, you can use the citation methods below.

In-text

MLA Style

Larsen writes, “Today’s librarian is part teacher, part entrepreneur” (qtd. in Brown 424). 

APA Style 

In Seidenberg and McCelland's study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins, & Haller, 1993)...

Works Cited or Reference Page

MLA Style

Cite Brown's work, NOT Larsen.

APA Style

Cite Coltheart, M., Curtis, B., Atkins, P., & Haller, M., NOT Seidenberg and McCelland.