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Writing with Sources

A Guide for Harvard Students

Second Edition

Gordon Harvey

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Indianapolis/Cambridge
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Acknowledgments
The present edition continues to benefit from the readers of the first edition and from reading by Edward Baring, Ellen Exner, Bob Hasegawa, Nancy Huang, Maia Macaleavey, Garth McCavana, Sheila Reindl, John Seitz, Suzanne Smith, John Thompson, Cynthia Verba, and Jim Wilkinson.

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Contents
Preface ........................................................................................ 1 1 The Role of Sources 1.1 Sources of What? .......................................................... 2 1.2 Citing Reliable Sources ............................................... 7 1.3 Citing Sources Reliably ............................................. 10 2 Integrating Sources 2.1 Ways of Bringing a Source In ................................... 15 2.2 Three Basic Principles ............................................... 18 2.3 Rules for Quoting ...................................................... 22 2.4 Quoting Blocks ........................................................... 23 2.5 Using Discursive Notes ............................................ 26 3 Misuse of Sources 3.1 Plagiarism ................................................................... 29 3.2 Forms of Plagiarism...