Using Sources Effectively

This latest edition of Using Sources Effectively assists us in the never-easy process of growing as writers, now in a world where reliance upon AI models threatens to thwart students’ intellectual development. The authors remind us frequently that people who read our writing rarely know us personally, so our character will be judged based upon which sources we use as well as how we use them. In the process of preparing us for such scrutiny, the authors demonstrate that accessing and evaluating sources does not have to be drudgery. They accomplish this through clear explanations as well as offering practical search advice, thoughtful criteria for evaluating sources, and sound guidelines to avoid the various categories of plagiarism. Helpful sidebars and rhetorical insights add spice to a book that takes what most students fear will be a bland topic and transforms it into something quite readable and even engaging.

Nicholas Block,PhD,Biola University,La Mirada, California, USA

Using Sources Effectively: Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism, is, by far, one of my favorite writing textbooks. The clear explanations and writing examples support developing scholars with pertinent, practical, and up-to-date writing guidelines. Each chapter has clear objectives, outlines, questions, tips, tables, charts, sidebar highlights, mini research projects, and understandable examples that demystify some of the common challenges of writing English and using sources effectively. I am so grateful to the authors, Harris and Curtis, for their investment of time and talent to create such an enduring resource for university professors and their students.

June Hetzel,PhD, Faculty Emerita and Founding Dean of the School of Education, Biola University, La Mirada, California, USA