After reading and evaluating a number of sources, Orlov wrote her working thesis:
Though companies may have legitimate reasons to monitor employees’ Internet usage, electronic surveillance is more unfair than beneficial to employees since it threatens their privacy.
She then sketched an informal plan to organize her ideas and began writing a rough draft. As she wrote and revised, she integrated sources from her research.
For example, Orlov had selected a book on electronic surveillance in the workplace, The Naked Employee by Frederick Lane III. She looked through the table of contents and selected a few chapters that seemed relevant to her working thesis. She read the chapters for ideas and information that she could paraphrase, summarize, or quote to provide background, support her argument, and help her counter the kind of pro‐ surveillance position that Chris Gonsalves takes in his eWeek article.
Summarizing and paraphrasing sources in MLA style, APA style, Chicago style
Quoting sources in MLA style, APA style, Chicago style
Summarizing a source
Paraphrasing a source
Quoting a source