Using information from sources

Using information from sources

1. Direct Quotation (No change in the way in the way the idea is expressed)

   • In APA, you must state the name of the author, date of publication and the page number of the direct quotation.
     • Example: Wilkins(1972) summarizes the situation best with "While without grammar....can be conveyed" (p. 111)

2. Paraphrasing

   • State
     • Name of the author, date of publication, and page numbers
       • Also
         • use the preposition according to + the name of the journal or the name of the author.
           • -Example: Eskey(1988) found that not being able to recognize the meaning...process of reading (pp. 27-28)
         • When using other people's ideas, put the exact words as a direct quotation.

3. Key words to introduce a Direct Quotation

   • According to + the name of the journal or the name of the author

4. Summarizing

   • When summarize, you do not include all of the information from the source, you only use the parts that are most important. (The main ideas)
     • Remember summaries do not contain any of your original ideas

5. Synthesizing

   • A synthesis is a combination of information from two or more sources. When you sunthesize, you take information from differetn sources and blend them smoothly into your paragraph
     • Some information from source A
     • Some information from source B
       • Original writing with information from Source A and Source B