More on Integrating Sources

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More on Integrating Sources

• MLA Style

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Some review

• Whether quoting, summarizing or paraphrasing, the
  best way to start is with a signal phrase. Let
  the reader know where the borrowing has begun.
• Every time you borrow from a source, you need to
  indicate which source you have borrowed from. The
  reader should clearly be able to tell which
  source was used.

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More review

• Using both primary and secondary sources
  throughout the essay helps to support your
  assertions. Think about backing up what you
  said with some primary and secondary sources
  proving it.
• The best proof would come from at least two
  different sources.

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Integrating sources

• Author Joan Smith
• Title Chopins Wild Women
• Journal or Magazine Feminist Review
• (Your words) Most of Chopins characters who try
  to be independent end up paying for it with
  unhappy endings the search for individuality
  almost always culminates in tragedy (Smith 78).

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Integrating sources No author

• If no author is available with the article, then
  use the article title or a shortened version of
  the article title in the parenthetical reference.
• ----------- tragedy (Chopins Wild Women 78).
• When the reader would refer to the Works Cited
  page, the author title would be the first thing
  he/she sees.

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Integrating sources

• If there is no author or title, use the title of
  the journal, magazine or book.
• ------- tragedy (Feminist Review 78).
• The title of the journal or magazine would be the
  first thing the reader would see on the Works
  Cited page.

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Integrating sources Two works by the same
author.

• Differentiate the sources by using both the
  authors name and the title of the article.
• ------------ tragedy (Smith, Chopins Wild
  78).
• OR
• Joan Smith claims, ------------- tragedy
  (Chopins Wild Women 78).
• The reader would see both sources written by
  Smith on the Works Cited page, but the reader
  would clearly be able to tell which source you
  are referring to.

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Integrating sources Sources from an anthology

• Use the author of the information, not the editor
  of the anthology in the citation.
• Example Through words and action, OConnor
  writes that she has to make sure a meaningless
  rite like baptism carries enough awe and
  mystery to jar the reader into some kind of
  emotional recognition of its significance
  (OConnor, Novelist and Believer 439).

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Integrating quotations Indirect source

• When a wirter or speakers quoted words appear in
  a source written by someone else, begin the
  citation with the abbreviation qtd. in.
• When lion sightings become common, says
  Fjelline, trouble often follows (qtd. in
  Robinson 30).

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Integrating sources Internet sources

• Remember, you dont use page numbers with
  electronic sources unless the page numbers have
  been imbedded in the text.
• You also might use page numbers with a PDF file
  where you can clearly tell what page your
  information came from.
• If the electronic source uses paragraph numbers,
  use them.

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Punctuating Quoted Material

• Use a comma or colon to introduce the quote if
  you separate it from the rest of your sentence
  with an introductory phrase.
• Example John Tibbets says, The casting of Clint
  Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Richard Harris does
  indeed exploit their reputation for macho
  violence, but its a resonance that also conveys
  a profound rejection (or at least
  reconsideration) of that reputation.

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Punctuating Quoted Material

• Use a colon to introduce a quote
• Example John Tibbets says The casting

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Punctuating Quoted Material

• If you quote a whole sentence, but integrate it
  into a sentence of your own, you dont have to
  use a comma or colon.
• Example John Tibbets argues that the casting
  of Clint