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Choose Your Research Own Adventure: Incorporating Your Sources

Introductory Research Skills

Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarizing by TL Vanderbilt Libraries

Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarizing
Tips for quoting, paraphrasing, & summarizing

Incorporating sources into your research

Once you've gathered your sources, how do you integrate them into your research? After exploring this page you should be able to:

Synthesize your sources into your research through summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting.
Understand how the BEAM model of source evaluation can help you incorporate appropriate sources into your research.

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