You face several challenges when writing a social science paper that draws on written sources:
forming and supporting a thesis
avoiding plagiarism
integrating quotations and other source material
citing sources in your text
creating a list of references at the end of your text
When you do your library research, you want to be sure to capture all the information you need to document each source.
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