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What is the best way to help my readers distinguish between what my sources are saying and what Im saying?

April 26, 2017best distinguish help readers sources

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What is the best way to help my readers distinguish between what my sources are saying and what Im saying?

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Be overt. Tell your readers in the text of your paper, not just in citations, when you are drawing on someone else’s words, ideas, or information. Do this with phrases like “According to X…” or “As noted in X…”, so-called in-text attributions.