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The document discusses how to integrate sources into writing a research paper by summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting sources to add credibility, present other perspectives and facts, and support arguments. It provides guidance on how to paraphrase, use short and long quotes, and analyze quoted material.

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Integrating Sources Notes

The document discusses how to integrate sources into writing a research paper by summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting sources to add credibility, present other perspectives and facts, and support arguments. It provides guidance on how to paraphrase, use short and long quotes, and analyze quoted material.

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Integrating Sources into Your Writing

When writing a research paper, it’s important for you to collect and use sources that back up
your argument. You should find relevant sources that relate back to your topic, support your
purpose for writing, and will grab the attention of your intended audience. Integrating sources
will help you in many ways because it allows you to:

• Add credibility to your writing and establish your ethos


• Utilize other people’s opinions, theories, or personal experiences
• Present statistics and proven facts
• Present knowledge claims
• Make it clear to your audience what your topic is

Ways to Integrate Sources:

Summarize/Paraphrase – When summarizing a portion of a source, you should pick out the most
relevant information and then rewrite it in your own words. By writing the information in this
way, you’re able to make it fit your writing style and flow more naturally in your paper.
To remember:
• You shouldn’t include your own ideas or thoughts in your paraphrasing
• You should include an explanation of why this information is significant to your
paper after introducing the information
• You also need to make sure to cite the information so that it is not seen as
plagiarism

Quoting – When quoting information from a source that isn’t your own, you can opt to use a
short or long quote.

Short Quotation-
• Less than four lines long
• Put the quote normally within the body of one of your paragraphs
• Use a parenthetical citation at the end
Long Quotation-
• More than four lines long
• Must be introduced with a complete sentence and a colon
• Indent it ten spaces, double space, and insert quote without quotation marks

To remember:
• Have a good reason for using a quote and make sure it isn’t just to fill space or reach a
word count
• Make sure to analyze your quote after using it so the reader understands its relevance and
you can strengthen your ideas
• Using a mixture of paraphrasing and quoting with analysis can help to strengthen your
writing and add interest to your paper
• ALWAYS ensure that you’re including in-text citations when using information that isn’t
your own words or thoughts

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