The Bedford Researcher, Chapter fifteen.

In chapter fifteen, it is about using sources effectively. Using sources to accomplish your purpose as a write can help you introduce ideas, contrast the ideas of other authors with your own, provide evidence for your points, define concepts, illustrate processes, clarify statements, set a mood, provide an example, and qualify or amplify a point. When introducing an idea or argument you can use quotation, paraphrase, or summary. For contrasting an idea or argument you want to indicate that a disagreement exists on an issue. Providing evidence for your argument to support you assertions increase the likelihood that your readers will accept your argument. For defining a concept writers commonly turn to information from sources by quoting or paraphrasing a dictionary or encyclopedia. Providing an example, would be better to show than tell with a general description. Using amplifying or qualifying to expand the scope of a point and consider how information from a source is used. The second part of this chapter talks about how to integrate sources into your draft and how to document your sources. First, integrating sources into your draft can be done by recognizing the boundaries between your ideas and those borrowed from sources. Secondly, documenting your sources involves choosing from MLA, APA, Chicago, or CSE, providing in-text references and publication information, and checking for unattributed sources in your document.