Chapter 8: Review
This chapter, Integrating Research, is intended to support your correct and credible use of sources in your writing in ENGL 250.
Here are the key takeaways from the chapter:
- Citations are necessary whenever another person’s words or ideas are used. (8.1)
- Plagiarism can be avoided by using sources correctly; Turnitin can help identify and correct unintentional plagiarism. (8.1)
- Quotations should be used to integrate content word-for-word from another source. (8.2)
- Tips for quoting correctly include using an effective approach to integration and editing the quotation if required. (8.2)
- Paraphrasing can be used to integrate content in the writer’s words; this involves using synonyms, new sentence order, and new sentence structure. (8.3)
- Summaries have various purposes in technical communications; in all forms of summary, a condensed, neutral version of the original content should be created. (8.4)
- Writers should consider using a variety of signal phrases when integrating content. (8.5)
- When referring to authors and titles in reports/other technical communications, guidelines should be reviewed and followed. (8.6)
