When you quote, you are transcribing the writer's words completely and accurately. Quoting does not work well if you use it because you can't figure out how to paraphrase a writer's material. Quoting does work well when the writer has made his or her point so articulately that your point is strengthened by including a quotation. Follow your writer's handbook for showing any changes you make within a quotation. Introduce your quotation with the writer's name and enclose all quoted material within quotation marks.
Page numbers stand outside the quotation marks but inside the period.
By imagining a reader for your paper who is truly interested and wants to know more, you motivate yourself to attend to the hard work of making your research both interesting and legitimate. The University Writing Center will gladly help you at any point along the way. We are located on the 1st floor of Hunter Library at 227-7197. . . . One of the most contentious debates surrounding the indirect effects of athletics concerns its impact upon non-athletic gifts to universities. The major improvements of programs at Northwestern in 1995 and Georgia Tech in 1991 prompted speculation and some anecdotal evidence supporting the argument that athletic success contributes to additional general giving.