Research

Paraphrasing a source

Orlov decided to paraphrase a passage about the way that employers collected information about employees.

ORIGINAL SOURCE PASSAGE

As we’ll see in this chapter, there are a number of reasons—some of them quite compelling—for surveillance of employees. A major problem, however, is that technology makes it possible for employers to gather enormous amounts of data about employees, often far beyond what is necessary to satisfy safety or productivity concerns. And the trends that drive technology—faster, smaller, cheaper—make it possible for larger and larger numbers of employers to gather ever-greater amounts of personal data.

—Lane, The Naked Employee, pp. 3-4

ORLOV’S NOTES ON PASSAGE

Advanced technology = increased surveillance.
Good passage, but too much to quote? Paraphrase the point about how much information employers can gather?

ORLOV’S PARAPHRASE

Lane notes that employers can use Internet surveillance technology to collect significantly more information from workers than they need (3-4).

HIGHLIGHTS OF ORLOV’S PARAPHRASE

Orlov credits Lane by introducing her paraphrase with a signal phrase (Lane notes).
She uses her own words, avoiding Lane’s terms, phrasing, and structure.
Orlov places the page numbers in parentheses to show where the ideas from the source end.

Works cited entry for source

Lane, Frederick S., III. The Naked Employee: How Technology Is Compromising Workplace Privacy. American Management Association, 2003.