quoting text from a website

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:39

Hey all, quick Q

whats the best way of quoting a paragraph of text from a website?

Thank in advance

gumbald · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:41

Website said:
Text
[/QUOTE ]

without the spaces, gives:

Website said:

Text

Click to expand...

Docaroo · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:41

CTRL + C

CTRL + V

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:41

lol sorry, should have been more specific

not for quoting on here, for quoting in a report

gumbald · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:41

Riiiight. What kind of report?

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:42

its for the thesis of my project. i'm writing a bit about the unreal 3 engine and want to quote a bit from the www.unrealtechnology.com webby

mOdO · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:42

Docaroo said:
CTRL + C

CTRL + V

Cybermyk · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:43

What are you copying it into, Word?

Edit: ah in a report, I'd add a marker and then a footnote for the source.

toosepin · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:43

The harvard system?

Droolinggimp · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:44

Highlight the text you want. Ctr C to copy and the Ctr V to paste onto the chosen word application you are using..

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:44

harvard was my first idea but as i only actually know the web address and pretty much nothing else, wasnt sure i could use that to reference it??

btw all, im not askin how to get the text into word lol i know that. im talking about referencing it

toosepin · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:45

How about this for some ideas?

http://www.library.ex.ac.uk/infoskills/harvard.html

crazyDAJT · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:46

you shouldn't reference websites, as trey are not reviewed.

ChoÞÞer · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:47

Docaroo said:
CTRL + C

CTRL + V

lol

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:48

its not actually the website, just 4 lines of text on the website

gumbald · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:49

You can quote websites, you need to state when you accessed it though...

http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehelp/ref_guides/harvardonline.htm

cokecan · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:59

Thanks for the links guys. I'm just goin through them now