Proper Use of Indirect Quotation You may also use the passage and the
ideas in it indirectly in a variety of ways provided that you cite the source of your
information and avoid borrowing or paraphrasing the author’s language. Here is an
acceptable version that summarizes what Thomas says appropriately and originally:
Lewis Thomas (1978, p. 37) claims that dogs can differentiate between men by
the odor of their tracks and even detect the smell left by a human fingerprint on a glass
slide weeks after the impression was made.