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- Focus on what you want to say about
the issue. Even if it seems that someone else has said it better, it
still matters what you have to say.
- Write in your own words. Put the source aside and concentrate
on writing your understanding of the source's information.
- When you do want to stress another scholar's view by
using that person's words or phrases use quotation marks and cite where
you found those words. Remember, you are not just using that person's
views; you're borrowing his or her authority on the issue.
- If you wish to paraphrase another scholar's position
or ideas use a signal phrase like, "According to Professor Smith" or
"Davis 1996 work proposes" and cite where you found the position or
ideas. Use these phrases at the beginning of your reference to
a source so that your reader knows that the upcoming material is from
someone else.
- Do not attempt to make a few small or cosmetic changes
and then claim another's work as your own. Even short phrases taken
from the sources need to have quotation marks around them.
- You don't have to cite "common knowledge," but don't
assume that everything you want to use is common knowledge; it must
be common knowledge to almost everyone.
- Cite whenever you use material gained from another
creator.
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