LSC: Writing

Citations are the ways we connect ourselves to the ongoing intellectual conversation in a discipline.

Source integration refers to the way a passage is woven into the body of a paragraph (summary, synthesis, paraphrase, or quote) and is therefore part of the global issue development.

In-Text Citation is how the text is identified (usually through author and title and, depending on citation style and integration method, year and/or page number.) In-text citations may be woven into the sentence leading up to the source integration, but more often, this information is found in a parenthetical at the end of the integration.

Documentation is how the source is listed in the Works Cited, Bibliography, References, etc. (the title here depends on the citation style you're using).

Visit "Global Writing Concerns" for interactive resources on source integration. Additionally, you may visit the MWCC La Chance Library Guide.