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How do you cite when using a reference twice within the body of a composition but not necessarily in the same paragraph?

Asked by: Mello Crosby

How do you cite a double reference?

Your in-text citation should include both authors: the author(s) of the original source and the author(s) of the secondary source. For example: (Habermehl, 1985, as cited in Kersten, 1987). In your reference list you should provide the details of the secondary source (the source you read).

Can I cite twice in one paragraph?

Appropriate level of citation

Instead, when paraphrasing a key point in more than one sentence within a paragraph, cite the source in the first sentence in which it is relevant and do not repeat the citation in subsequent sentences as long as the source remains clear and unchanged.

How do you cite the same source multiple times reference?

How do I cite the same source many times?

  1. Use a shortened form of the citation. Let’s say you wrote a footnote (or endnote) for this book after you quoted from page 32: …
  2. Cite the page number in the text. …
  3. Use an abbreviation. …
  4. Use ibid.

How do you in-text cite the same source twice?

To cite two works by the same author and the same year, differentiate the two works with small lowercase letters. For example, use in-text citations like (Smith, 2019a, p. 78) and (Smith, 2019b, p.

How do you cite the same source multiple times in a paragraph?

Citing a source multiple times in one paragraph

Instead, introduce the author with a full in-text citation at the beginning of the paragraph and then, again, at the end. For the body of the paragraph, you can refer to the author by name or pronoun.