These four students have used the words or findings of someone else in preparing their speeches. Which one is correctly and appropriately citing the source during the speech?

a. “To quote the Encyclopedia Britannica’s segment on Anatomy of the Brain, the three main parts of the brain are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem.”
b. “As the Dalai Lama said when accepting the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, ‘No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings.’”
c. “According to the list of world capitals in InfoPlease, the capital of Pakistan is Islamabad with a population of just over 600,000.”
d. “I have a quote from Albert Einstein that I found and I’d like to read it to you.”


Answer: b

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