Anna found the perfect quote for her report about pollution in a newspaper article. However, the quote is from an interview that the newspaper did with an environmental scientist. Anna never read the original interview—only the newspaper article. How should she cite this quote?
- Cite the environmental scientist as the source since that person said the words she wants to quote.
- Cite the newspaper article as the source since that's what she actually read for her research.
- Cite both the environmental scientist (as the speaker) and the newspaper article (as her source). (correct answer)
- Paraphrase the quote instead of using the exact words, then cite the newspaper article only.
Explanation: Choice C correctly handles secondary source citation by crediting both the original speaker and the source where the quote was found. Choice A ignores that Anna didn't read the original interview, Choice B ignores the original speaker, and Choice D avoids the citation issue rather than solving it properly.