Section 4: Working with Sources
Overview
One of the defining features of academic writing is the integration of other voices or sources. In Section 4, you will learn some of the key skills in working with sources.
Learning Outcomes
In this section, you will learn to:
- Identify strategies for reading and summarizing academic texts effectively
- Describe basic methods for locating research sources using library tools and databases
- Apply basic criteria to evaluate the credibility and relevance of research sources
- Explain how and why academic writers incorporate other writers’ ideas into their work
- Describe the processes of paraphrasing, quoting, and synthesizing sources in academic writing
