To distinguish between your ideas and those obtained from your sources, use attributions — words and phrases that alert your readers to the source of the ideas or information you are using. As you draft your document, use the author’s name or the title of the source whenever you introduce ideas from that source. Phrases such as “According to Tom Siller . . .” or “As Heather Landers indicates . . .” let your readers know that information from a source will follow.

You can learn more about using attributions to identify the origin of quotations, paraphrases, and summaries in Chapter 19.