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How does one cite a print chapter in a textbook without the exact page?

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Example of citation:

Doe, Jane. “The House.” World Literature. Ed. John Doe. New York: Penguin, 1986. 25-30. Print.

What I have in the text is the quote from the chapter in the textbook, the quote is "blah blah blah" (Doe)

Because The House is an original print source and I found it online, how would I in-text cite the page for when this quote appeared in the original print source, because (Doe) doesn't include the page number. Would I in-text cite it as (Doe 25-30) even though this quote doesn't stretch through all those pages, or would I cite only (Doe) in the text? (as I don't know the exact page that this quote appeared).

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A general principle of citation is: only cite what you actually used. You haven't seen the original work, so don't cite it based on someone else's quote. What if the quote you're working from is wrong? Citing the original in that case would misinform people who don't know the truth or appear sloppy to those who do know.

In cases where you don't have access to the original but need to include a quote, follow your style guide for indirect quotes. In MLA, you do that using "qtd. in (secondary source)", as in the following example:

In her article, Segal discusses how Jane Austen introduces many of her characters in terms of their financial situation. For instance, in the beginning of Sense and Sensibility Austen introduces us to the Dashwoods by saying, “The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large…” (qtd. in Segal 252).

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