[ISLMA-Share] Citation question

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I would say leave it alone. The parenthetical indicates the source in which
the quote was found, not who spoke the words in the quote.
I'm assuming Aronson is the first word in her citation; if so, then that
would be the proper format for the parenthetical.


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On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:01 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good morning, collective brain.
>
> I have a student citing a quote from a primary source that is photographed
> and inserted into a book by Marc Aronson. The quote is Dr. Martin Luther
> King from a memo to Hoover. The memo is a photo in the prologue of the
> book. She initially put the parenthetical as Aronson and the page number.
> But since it is actually a quote by King, she came to me second guessing
> herself. We dug around on OWL Purdue but can’t find a good answer to
> clarify if she needs to do more for this parenthetical. Any suggestions?
> Should she leave it alone?
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> Thanks in advance.
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