{"id":269,"date":"2017-07-25T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writ250\/?post_type=chapter&p=269"},"modified":"2017-11-27T20:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T20:38:15","slug":"other-challenges-in-citing-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writ250\/chapter\/other-challenges-in-citing-sources\/","title":{"raw":"Other Challenges in Citing Sources","rendered":"Other Challenges in Citing Sources"},"content":{"raw":"Besides the clarifications and difficulties around citing that we have already considered, there are additional challenges that might make knowing when and how to cite difficult for you.\r\n

Not Really Understanding the Material You\u2019re Using<\/h2>\r\nIf you are working in a new field or subject area, you might have difficulty understanding the information from other scholars, thus making it difficult to know how to paraphrase or summarize that work properly.\r\n

Running Out of Time<\/h2>\r\nWhen you are a student taking many classes simultaneously and facing many deadlines, it may be hard to devote the time needed to doing good scholarship and accurately representing the sources you have used. Research takes time. The sooner you can start and the more time you can devote to it, the better your work will be.\r\n

Shifting Cultural Expectations of Citation<\/h2>\r\nBecause of new technologies that make finding, using and sharing information easier, many of our cultural expectations around how to do that are changing as well. For example, blog posts often \u201creference\u201d other articles or works by simply linking to them. It makes it easy for the reader to see where the author\u2019s ideas have come from and to view the source very quickly. In these more informal spaces, blog authors generally do not have a list of citations (bibliographic entries). The links do the work for them. This is a great strategy for online digital mediums, but this method fails over time when links break and there are no hints (like an author, title, and date) to know how else to find the reference, which might have moved.\r\n\r\nThis example of a cultural change of expectations in the non-academic world might make it seem that there has been a change in academic scholarship as well or might make people new to academic scholarship even less familiar with citation. But, in fact, the expectations around citing sources in academic research remain formal.\r\n
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Key Takeaways<\/h3>\r\nRemember these helpful tips when navigating how to incorporate source material into your own research.\r\n\r\nUse quotes sparingly:<\/strong> the survey nature of the literature review does not allow for in-depth discussion or detailed quotes from the text. Some short quotes here and there are okay, though, if you want to emphasize a point or if what the author said just cannot be rewritten in your own words\r\n\r\nSummarize and synthesize:<\/strong> rephrasing a study\u2019s significance & relating it to the research problem\/question or to other sources\r\n\r\nKeep your own voice<\/strong>: don\u2019t get lost in the scholarship; make your own direction and organization of the prior literature clear\r\n\r\nBe careful paraphrasing:<\/strong> When paraphrasing a source that is not your own, be sure to represent the author\u2019s information or opinions accurately and in your own words.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"

Besides the clarifications and difficulties around citing that we have already considered, there are additional challenges that might make knowing when and how to cite difficult for you.<\/p>\n

Not Really Understanding the Material You\u2019re Using<\/h2>\n

If you are working in a new field or subject area, you might have difficulty understanding the information from other scholars, thus making it difficult to know how to paraphrase or summarize that work properly.<\/p>\n

Running Out of Time<\/h2>\n

When you are a student taking many classes simultaneously and facing many deadlines, it may be hard to devote the time needed to doing good scholarship and accurately representing the sources you have used. Research takes time. The sooner you can start and the more time you can devote to it, the better your work will be.<\/p>\n

Shifting Cultural Expectations of Citation<\/h2>\n

Because of new technologies that make finding, using and sharing information easier, many of our cultural expectations around how to do that are changing as well. For example, blog posts often \u201creference\u201d other articles or works by simply linking to them. It makes it easy for the reader to see where the author\u2019s ideas have come from and to view the source very quickly. In these more informal spaces, blog authors generally do not have a list of citations (bibliographic entries). The links do the work for them. This is a great strategy for online digital mediums, but this method fails over time when links break and there are no hints (like an author, title, and date) to know how else to find the reference, which might have moved.<\/p>\n

This example of a cultural change of expectations in the non-academic world might make it seem that there has been a change in academic scholarship as well or might make people new to academic scholarship even less familiar with citation. But, in fact, the expectations around citing sources in academic research remain formal.<\/p>\n

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Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n

Remember these helpful tips when navigating how to incorporate source material into your own research.<\/p>\n

Use quotes sparingly:<\/strong> the survey nature of the literature review does not allow for in-depth discussion or detailed quotes from the text. Some short quotes here and there are okay, though, if you want to emphasize a point or if what the author said just cannot be rewritten in your own words<\/p>\n

Summarize and synthesize:<\/strong> rephrasing a study\u2019s significance & relating it to the research problem\/question or to other sources<\/p>\n

Keep your own voice<\/strong>: don\u2019t get lost in the scholarship; make your own direction and organization of the prior literature clear<\/p>\n

Be careful paraphrasing:<\/strong> When paraphrasing a source that is not your own, be sure to represent the author\u2019s information or opinions accurately and in your own words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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