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Incorporating Sources. Incorporating Sources. Incorporate sources so that they support your overall point, which will result in paragraphs that are on topic. Relate your sources to other sentences, which will result in paragraphs that flow. Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources.
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Incorporating Sources Incorporate sources so that they support your overall point, which will result in paragraphs that are on topic. Relate your sources to other sentences, which will result in paragraphs that flow.
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Do not insert a quotation that is obviously unrelated to your point. Example: Facebook users click on a group to find out how to get involved. Aarti Sheth says, “YouTube is great for catching up on whatever you miss” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 37).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources If this were a spoken conversation, you would’ve just asked, “Who said anything about YouTube? I thought we were talking about Facebook!” When you write a research paper, you join a conversation. Just as you shouldn’t suddenly shift topic in the middle of a conversation, you shouldn’t include a quotation that doesn’t match the rest of the paragraph. This disrupts the unity of the paragraph and confuses your reader.
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Instead, make sure the quotation supports your point. Example: Facebook users click on a group to find out how to get involved. Aarti Sheth says, “You can find out who is interested in the same things as you are, and what political organizations they’re involved with that you may want to join” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 37).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Do not insert a quotation without introducing it. Example: Facebook offers a multitude of organizations. “Facebook [is] vital…because we’ve got groups all over the Internet that people join because it’s an amazing forum …that couldn’t exist elsewhere” (qtd. in Donnelly- Smith 39).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Including a quotation without introducing it is like suddenly repeating something you’ve heard without telling where you heard it or why you’re repeating it. In your writing, this disrupts the coherence of your paragraph.
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Don’t make your reader wonder where information is coming from; introduce every quotation. Example: Facebook offers a multitude of organizations. According to Kelson Mosier, “Facebook [is] vital…because we’ve got groups all over the Internet that people join because it’s an amazing forum…that couldn’t exist elsewhere” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 39).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Your work’s not done once you’ve introduced a quotation! Do not insert a quotation without relating it to your point. Example: Social networking sites are popular. Christine Angstman has “never been a member of any networking site” because “it’s a very impersonal way to network and communicate” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 38).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Christine Angstman said this. So what? Including a quotation without relating it to your point is like suddenly repeating something you’ve heard without telling why you’re repeating it. In your writing, this disrupts the coherence of your paragraph.
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Make sure you include the context for the quotation in your writing. Example: Even though social networking sites are popular, some students are reluctant to use them. Christine Angstman has “never been a member of any networking site” because “it’s a very impersonal way to network and communicate” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 38).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Do not alter a source’s meaning to fit your point. This is plagiarism. Example: Facebook increases student involvement. Gabe Barouh notes, “If someone sends me a Facebook invite to a political event I might …go” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 37).
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources The original quotation had the opposite meaning: “If someone sends me a Facebook invite to a political event I might not go” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 37). Once your reader discovers you have manipulated a quotation to fit your point, you have lost credibility.
Basic Guidelines for Incorporating Sources Remember that it’s okay—even expected—to include a source from an opposing viewpoint. Use your evidence to argue against the source in your paper; don’t just change the source! Example: Although Facebook increases student involvement, Gabe Barouh prefers personal contact to electronic contact: “If someone sends me a Facebook invite to a political event I might not go, but if someone invites me directly, I’m much more likely to go” (qtd. in Donnelly-Smith 37).
Don’t forget: print the handout that goes with this presentation! Please complete a survey on this tutorial. For more information about incorporating sources or for help with other writing concerns, come to TSU’s Writing Center. Visit room 300 in the Learning Resources Center or call 615.963.5102 to make an appointment.
