How do you integrate in text citations?

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What does it mean to integrate a source?

Integrating a source means using another author’s writing to help build your credibility and argument. Just be sure to cite everything you use to give credit to the authors who inspired and informed your work.

How do you integrate direct quotes in a sentence?

Integrating Quotations into SentencesIntroduce the quotation with a complete sentence and a colon. Use an introductory or explanatory phrase, but not a complete sentence, separated from the quotation with a comma. Make the quotation a part of your own sentence without any punctuation between your own words and the words you are quoting.

What does a dropped quote mean?

• Dropped quotations are those quotations that appear in the middle of your paper without. being introduced. • In order to transition into your quotation smoothly, avoid dropped quotations in your. writing.