Quoting a Text Passage

Citavi distinguishes between different types of quotations and provides fields for each type:

•Direct Quotation for information that you type in exactly as it appears in the original text (ex. a definition)

•Indirect Quotation for information that you reformulate in your own words (paraphrase)

•Summary a short description of the contents of a chapter or section

•Comment for your thoughts on an author's statements

•Image or file quotation for graphics, film or music files that you take from other works.

 

Hint: Use the Comment function to distinguish between the author's thoughts and your own. You can add a comment to a quotation that you have already added. Highlight the quotation, click the arrow to the right of Comment, and then click Add comment to item.

Adding a Text Quotation

1.In the Reference Editor, switch to the Quotations tab of the reference you want to quote.

2.Click Direct quotation.

3.In the window that appears, you will see the short title of the reference. Enter the page numbers the quotation is taken from in the Page range field.

4.Type the quoted text into the Quotation box. Do not forget to place direct quotations in quotation marks!

5.Write a concise summary of the quotation in the Core statement field. If you do not enter anything, Citavi will automatically enter the first few words of the quotation. You can turn off this feature in the Options menu.

6.Click Categories or press F3 to assign categories to the quotation. Select the checkboxes for the categories you want to assign. (See Outlining with Categories.)

7.The Modified field will automatically update with your initials and the date. Click OK to finish.

Citavi shows quotations in a list, sorted by ascending page order. Click the green triangle to see either the core statement only or both the core statement and the text of the quotation.

Adding an Image or File Quotation

1.In the Reference Editor, switch to the Quotations tab of the reference you want to quote and click Image or file.

2.In the window that appears, you will see the short title of the reference. Enter the page numbers the quotation is taken from in the Page range field, if applicable.

3.Click Add file. Choose the file and click Open. Click Image and then click Insert image file and locate the image file on your computer. Citavi will show previews of the following image types:

•Windows Bitmap (.bmp)

•TIFF (.tif, uncompressed or with LZW compression)

•JPEG (.jpg)

•GIF (.gif)

•PNG (.png)

4.Citavi will save a thumbnail of any images that can be previewed, in case the original file goes missing. Other file types, such as movie files, can be attached, but will not have a preview and no thumbnail can be saved.

5.Citavi enters the file path in the Location field.

6.Complete the rest of the fields. Click Categories or press F3 to assign categories to the quotation. Select the checkboxes for the categories you want to assign.

7.Enter a Caption for later publication and a longer Description for your own use. Click OK to finish.

8.The Modified field will automatically update with your initials and the date. Click OK to finish.

Hint: For videos, you can enter a time span, such as 01:34-03:55 by clicking Page range and choosing Other as the numbering type.

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