Need some help with citations

I need to cite a source for a paper I am working on. The issue is that my source, a textbook, has cited a source in her work. She just paraphrased. Does that make any sense? I thought that with all the educated people on here someone would be able to help. So I guess my question is do I have to go back to the work she cited? If that’s the case I do not have access to that book and I am screwed. Or can I just site her? Normally I wouldn’t care and would cite the textbook, but this instructor is tough and really gave me a hard time on my last paper about my sources (Still got a high B)

 

Funny! My 13yo just ran into this issue with an essay she was writing.

APA Style Blog: Secondary Sources (aka How to Cite a Source You Found in Another Source) - gives info about citing a source that was citing another source.

Essentially, as far as I can tell, the important thing is making sure you have the "as cited in XXXX" part in your text, along with the regular citation.

(Have to note: My DD obviously doesn't have a college professor grading her work, so it's possible we did this wrong in the end, and maybe someone here will have more info.)

 

You post where you originally found the work and note that is was in another source.

 

Thanks for the link CJ, good stuff! Thanks for ensuring me this was the right way Randell (aka scuba guy.) I'm sure this was taught to me in school at some point in my life.

 

I enjoyed "citing a quote within a quote" in my TUI papers .... Here's a good source that explains it in a straightforward way. I'm copying it from John F. Kennedy university website:

How do I cite a quote within a quote?
(In other words, I want to quote Nguyen, but the only source I can find is when Chan quotes Nguyen.) You will need to give credit to both the original source and the source you actually used. For example, if you read Chan's book (published in 2002) and wanted to quote or paraphrase Chan's quotation of Nguyen (who published her work in 1999), your in-text citation will look like this: "Quote" (Nguyen, 1999, as cited in Chan, 2002, p. 487) or Nguyen argues, "Quote" (as cited in Chan, 2002, p.487)On your references page, you will only list the source you actually read: in this case, Chan.
(See p. 247 of the APA Publication Manual.)

Once again, the above quote is from John F. Kennedy university website with much more APA citation questions.

 

Cody you could have emailed me in class

In any cause seems like you have your answer!

 

Its for a different class. Thanks..how’s it going for you.