This document provides guidance on using sources to support ideas in academic writing. It discusses synthesizing information from multiple sources to develop new knowledge. Writers should gather information by taking notes, annotating sources, and organizing information. Sources can then be integrated into writing through summarization, paraphrasing, and direct quotation while avoiding plagiarism. Direct quotations should be properly introduced with signal phrases and integrated into the writer's own sentences. Long quotations require a block format. Punctuation rules apply when using quotations.