Examples from Class May 21

Using a colon (he said "colon"...teehee):

Much has already been done to ensure that stem cell research is used in the future: “Congress twice passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act with strong bipartisan support and both times President Bush vetoed the bill” (Smith 24).

Integrating into a sentence:

Stem cell research has already received “strong bipartisan support” (Smith 24).

Paraphrasing:

I am paraphrasing about stem cells here. The research has gotten strong support from both major parties at this point (Smith 24).

Using colon for large block quote: 

This is important info on stem cells:

Congress twice passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act with strong bipartisan support and both times President Bush vetoed the bill. President Barack Obama lifted the restrictions on federal funding for ESCR on March 9, 2009 by an Executive Order. Research!America issued a statement commending this action.
Prior to President Obama's Executive Order, federal funding was limited to those lines created before August 9, 2001, as directed by President George W. Bush. Legislation will be necessary to ensure that a future president cannot reinstate similar restrictions by Executive Order. (Smith 24)

This was done…

According to...

According to Harvard professor Jimmy Smith, “Prior to President Obama's Executive Order, federal funding was limited to those lines created before August 9, 2001, as directed by President George W. Bush. Legislation will be necessary to ensure that a future president cannot reinstate similar restrictions by Executive Order” (24).