This document provides guidance on properly paraphrasing sources to avoid plagiarism. It emphasizes that paraphrasing requires using your own words and style while retaining the essential ideas of the original source. Tips are given for taking notes, focusing on key ideas, and experimenting with sentence structure. Turnitin software is introduced as a tool for students to check that their paraphrasing is sufficiently different from the source. Signal phrases are recommended for smoothly integrating sources into paragraphs with in-text citations. Resources for writing help are listed.