'reference quotation' is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it refers to the quotation of a source, particularly in academic writing, that is referred to or cited in a given text. For example, in an essay about the teacher-student relationship, the author might refer to a quote from the book Becoming a Teacher by John Holland: "Teaching is an act of love".
Depending upon the style of your research paper, you may need to use citations within the text of the paper to reference quotations or unique ideas.
The language he speaks at home, not baby talk exactly, something weirder, is an endlessly inventive cascade of alliteration, nonsensical rhymes, puns, running jokes, clashing diction levels and private references; quotation out of context can't do it justice.
He edited it and added an arch voice-over featuring a profusion of references, quotations, jokes, and asides.
Along with the recognizable topography of Minsk, "Paranoia" also has a literary topography filled with references, quotations and artifacts.
Tish, an ignorant pretty boy, is given a show entitled The History of Western Art, which is "a complex joke about art, full of references, quotations, puns and anagrams", and even though he is unable in interviews to comment on or even understand his own supposed creation, the work is an instant success.
A detailed summary of historical sources, including references, quotations, and a description for each epidemic, has been reported (J.N. Burns, unpub. data, http://cavern.uark.edu/misc/dendro/2013-Burns-Typhus.pdf .edu/misc/dendro/2013-Burns-Typhus.pdf .edu/misc/dendro/2013-Burns-Typhus.pdf
As soon as it was published, Sokal fessed up in another journal (Lingua Franca, May 1996), revealing that his article was a sham, describing it as "a pastiche of Left-wing cant, fawning references, grandiose quotations, and outright nonsense... structured around the silliest quotations [by postmodernist academics] he could find about mathematics and physics".
Novels, plays and films are filled with references to, quotations from, parodies of old movies.
In the American version, Lukacs says 'many of Irving's references and quotations are not verifiable'.
Novels, plays and films are filled with references to, quotations from, parodies of — old movies.
