: Ideally, you should try to get a hold of the original source. (If you have difficulty finding it, go to your library as they can often get things through ILL (Inter-Library Loan)). If it's

Ideally, you should try to get a hold of the original source. (If you have difficulty finding it, go to your library as they can often get things through ILL (Inter-Library Loan)).

If it's out of print, or in a language that you don't speak, or for whatever reason you really can't get it to cite, you should use the phrase "as cited in" and reference the "secondary source" (the one you actually read). As an example from APA :

Allport's diary (as cited in Nicholson, 2003).

I have links to how to handle indirect citation in other citation styles on the Academia SE site

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