A quotation consists of the exact words from a source. In your notes, put all quoted material in quotation marks; do not assume that you will remember later which words, phrases, and passages you have quoted and which are your own. When you quote, be sure to copy the words of your source exactly, including punctuation and capitalization. In the following example, John Garcia quotes from the original source.
ORIGINAL SOURCE
In some respects, the increasing frequency of mountain lion encounters in California has as much to do with a growing human population as it does with rising mountain lion numbers. The scenic solitude of the western ranges is prime cougar habitat, and it is falling swiftly to the developer’s spade. Meanwhile, with their ideal habitat already at its carrying capacity, mountain lions are forcing younger cats into less suitable terrain, including residential areas. Add that cougars have generally grown bolder under a lengthy ban on their being hunted, and an unsettling scenario begins to emerge.
—Ray Rychnovsky, “Clawing into Controversy,” p. 40
QUOTATION
Source: Rychnovsky, “Clawing into Controversy” (40)
Rychnovsky explains that as humans expand residential areas into mountain ranges, the cougar’s natural habitat “is falling swiftly to the developer’s spade” (40).