How to properly integrate sources into your research paper
Integrating Sources O What does the word “Integrate”
mean? O How would you integrate a source?
Introducing SAMMY SOURCE!!!! – Help him, Help you write an awesome paper!
Step 1 O Prepare your source
(This where your notecards help!)
O Know what information you are taking out of a source to include in your paper
O Sammy has a lot of pages know what you are using
Step 2 O Introduce your source O Give your extracted
information a lead in, so that it flows nicely with what you have been writing, and the reader understands where the information comes from
O Introduce Sammy so it is not an awkward party
Step 3, Choice A O Summarize the
information from the source
O Include a relatively brief non-biased account, in your own words of the main ideas in a source or a source passage
O You want to know what makes Sammy tick
Step 3, Choice B O Paraphrase the
information from the source
O Restate, in your own words, of a passage of text. Its structure reflects (but does not copy) the structure of the source passage, and may roughly the same length, but uses different words
O Put Sammy’s ideas in your own words
Step 3, Choice C O Quote the
information in the source
O Use the exact words of a source, making sure to use quotation marks around the words.
O Sometimes Sammy says it best and does all the heavy lifting
Step 4 O Last, but not least…..O Explain what the information
means! Including a citation or information is not any good if you don’t explain it!!
O Remember to provide a citation (footnote) in Chicago style – SEE THE BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDE
O Remember….when in doubt SITE IT. Each paragraph should have at least one citation at the end of it.
O Give Sammy the credit that he deserves!
Step 5 – Sammy is hungry for more citations – About 10 should do the trick
Do Now: O Write down what your favorite food
isO Write down all of the ingredients that
go into it