: Citing secondary sources in Chicago style? I am a little bit paranoid about plagiarizing, and I am confused since I have found two seemingly contradictory answers for this. Suppose source X says

I am a little bit paranoid about plagiarizing, and I am confused since I have found two seemingly contradictory answers for this.

Suppose source X says "source Y says blah blah blah."

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From my google searches, it seems like it is always encouraged to go directly to source Y and cite that. If you do not have access to Y, then you can do a parenthetical citation like this: (Y, as cited in X).

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In answers to this question on english.se, people are saying that you must always cite both sources, X and Y. This is because the author of X did the work of finding the relevant source Y, and you must cite this.

What is the correct thing to do?

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@Karen856

The accepted answer to your link quotes a Yale article:

If the source youâ€™re reading quotes another text, and you want to use that quoted material in your own essay, you must give credit to the author who originally selected the quotation.

You'll notice that, in my answer, I credited the accepted answer, as well as the Yale article. Furthermore, it doesn't hurt to cite both!

So a good rule of thumb is to cite both of them.

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@Sent2472441

What about option 3?

Go to "Y" read it yourself, and ensure it hasn't been taken out of context and its context is correct for what you need yourself. Having written and published several academic papers, this is exactly what I have done. This also prevents your findings from being inadvertently false based on someone-else's twisting of words or data. I have found this to be the most efficient and honourable means of citing sources as well as giving credit where credit is due.

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