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  1. Including Secondary Sources in Your Writing

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  3. Integrating & Citing Secondary Sources

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  5. MLA: Using Sources Correctly

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  1. How to Integrate Sources

    Integrating sources means incorporating another scholar's ideas or words into your work. It can be done by: Quoting. Paraphrasing. Summarizing. By integrating sources properly, you can ensure a consistent voice in your writing and ensure your text remains readable and coherent. You can use signal phrases to give credit to outside sources and ...

  2. Research Guides: Academic Writing: Using Secondary Sources

    A secondary source, then, is a source that has also done analysis of the same (or a similar) topic. You will then use this source to discuss how it relates to your argument about the primary source. A secondary source is a mediary between you and the primary source. Secondary sources can also help your credibility as a writer; when you use them ...

  3. Using Secondary Sources in an English Essay

    Many undergraduate English essays do not require extensive use of secondary sources. Critical editions of literary works, the library stacks, online indexes and subject guides should yield plenty with which to work. Finding good secondary sources is, of course, only a first step. The second step is to use them properly.

  4. Secondary Sources

    Citing a source within a source (citing a secondary source) is generally acceptable within academic writing as long as these citations are kept to a minimum. You should use a secondary source only if you are unable to find or retrieve the original source of information. However, if you need to cite a source within a source, follow the ...

  5. Secondary sources

    Follow these directions when citing a secondary source: In the reference list, provide an entry for the secondary source that you used. In the text, identify the primary source and write "as cited in" the secondary source that you used. If the year of publication of the primary source is known, also include it in the text citation.

  6. PDF Integrating Sources

    Integrating Sources. In order to use a source effectively in your paper, you must integrate it into your argument in a way that makes it clear to your reader not only which ideas come from that source, but also what the source is adding to your own thinking. In other words, each source you use in a paper should be there for a reason, and your ...

  7. APA Style (7th Edition) Citation Guide: Secondary Sources

    If you use a source that was cited in another source, name the original source in your signal phrase then write "as cited in" the secondary source in parentheses. List only the secondary source in your reference list. Example of in-text citation: According to a study by Smith (as cited in Hanrahan, et al., 2005)... Example of Reference list ...

  8. Secondary Sources

    Therefore, the majority of sources in a literature review are secondary sources that present research findings, analysis, and the evaluation of other researcher's works. Reviewing secondary source material can be of value in improving your overall research paper because secondary sources facilitate the communication of what is known about a ...

  9. Using secondary sources to support your interpretations

    Your bibliography must include all critical sources which you have consulted in writing the essay. If you have made use of a specific idea from a secondary critical source, you must cite that author within the essay itself. Plagiarism, which is the unacknowledged use of someone else's work, is taken very seriously by tutors.

  10. Secondary source (indirect citation)

    An indirect citation or secondary source is when the ideas of one author are published in another author's text but you have not read or accessed the original author's work. Include both the original author and year and the author and year of the work where quote/idea was found in the in-text reference.

  11. Quoting and integrating sources into your paper

    Important guidelines. When integrating a source into your paper, remember to use these three important components: Introductory phrase to the source material: mention the author, date, or any other relevant information when introducing a quote or paraphrase. Source material: a direct quote, paraphrase, or summary with proper citation.

  12. Primary vs. Secondary Sources

    Common examples of secondary sources include academic books, journal articles, reviews, essays, and textbooks. Anything that summarizes, evaluates or interprets primary sources can be a secondary source. If a source gives you an overview of background information or presents another researcher's ideas on your topic, it is probably a secondary ...

  13. MLA Style (9th Edition) Citation Guide: Secondary Sources

    Secondary Sources. Secondary sources should be used sparingly. Try to locate the original source of information cited in the a work if it is possible. If you read an article or book which cites some information that you want to cite, always refer to the source where you found the information, not the original source. ...

  14. Writing about Literature

    TIP: In addition to being secondary sources of the type you might use in a research essay, many of the pieces excerpted in the "Critical Contexts" chapters draw on other secondary sources. Look over these pieces to see what kinds of sources professional literary critics use and how they use them. For example, Lawrence R. Rodgers's essay on "A Rose for Emily" (ch. 12) makes use of information ...

  15. How to use secondary sources in essays

    Secondary sources need to be: effectively placed in your essay, questioned ( how are they good and bad) and link to the text you're discussing. It is generally a good idea to place these at the beginning of your essay or paragraph as you can base your argument around it. A particularly good idea, to get extra marks, is to find two sources that ...

  16. Secondary Sources

    Criticism will make arguments about a text or a literary movement or a period of time, drawing evidence from many places. These kinds of sources will be your main partners in the scholarly conversion, worthy of citation in your paper. Reference sources provide context and factual information to help orient yourself when developing your argument.

  17. Evidence

    What are primary and secondary sources? A note on terminology: many researchers distinguish between primary and secondary sources of evidence (in this case, "primary" means "first" or "original," not "most important"). Primary sources include original documents, photographs, interviews, and so forth.

  18. Primary and Secondary Sources

    Knowing the difference between primary and secondary sources will help you determine what types of sources you may need to include in your research essay. In general, primary sources are original works (original historical documents, art works, interviews, etc.), while secondary sources contain others' insights and writings about those ...

  19. Including Secondary Sources in Your Writing

    This is video lesson to help students understand how to include secondary sources in their writing. The paragraph I use for an example could either stand by...

  20. The Beginner's Guide to Writing an Essay

    Do your research and gather sources. Come up with a thesis. Create an essay outline. Write the introduction. Write the main body, organized into paragraphs. Write the conclusion. Evaluate the overall organization. Revise the content of each paragraph. Proofread your essay or use a Grammar Checker for language errors.

  21. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources

    A secondary source is a document or work where its author had an indirect part in a study or creation; an author is usually writing about or reporting the work or research done by someone else. Secondary sources can be used for additional or supporting information; they are not the direct product of research or the making of a creative work.

  22. Types of Sources

    Secondary Sources. Secondary Sources are written after something has happened and has the benefit of hindsight. This information includes interpretations and evaluations of primary information. Examples of secondary sources include: a critique of a poem, play, or piece of literature; a history book based on primary historical sources

  23. How To Cite Sources: In-depth Guide

    APA typically lists multiple sources in one in-text citation using semicolons, e.g., (Smith, 2020; Johnson, 2019). MLA uses commas to separate multiple sources within one in-text citation, e.g., (Smith 45, Johnson 22). Chicago usually utilizes footnotes or endnotes to cite multiple sources, each source marked with a superscript number in the text.

  24. I have to write a research paper using primary sources. Where do I

    This would be a primary source because the information is based on her own involvement in the events she describes. Similarly, an antiwar speech is a primary source. So is the arrest record of student protesters. A newspaper editorial or article, reporting on a student demonstration is also a primary source.

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    The best way to accomplish any business or personal goal is to write out every possible step it takes to achieve the goal. Then, order those steps by what needs to happen first. Some steps may ...

  26. Opinion

    By Melinda French Gates. Ms. French Gates is a philanthropist and the founder of the charitable organization Pivotal. Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: "Set your own agenda, or ...