Document all information that is new knowledge to you. Document all paraphrased information. Document direct quotes. Documenting within Your Paper 1. This documentation is stated in parentheses following the information being documented.
Quotation marks go before the documentation in parentheses.
Quotes which are four lines or fewer are surrounded by quotation marks and appear in the context of the paper. Set off quotes of more than four lines as a displayed quotation. Start a new line at the beginning of your quote. Indent the left margin ten spaces. Double-space your quote.