Organizing and Citing Your Research Essay Topic: 1. Using The Research Process Module for assistance, locate and evaluate at least 5 sources* for your essay. See Finding and Evaluating Sources in The Research Process Module for guidance. *If you choose, you can find all of your sources through the library databases, and you are welcome to integrate and cite more than 5 sources total within your essay. 2. Then, use this worksheet to organize borrowed ideas and citations to be integrated within the essay. Source 1 At least 3 sources should be accessed through a library database. Works Cited citation (Use the Citation tool within the library database or see Citing Sources Using MLA Documentation in The Research Process Module): Annotation: Write a brief description of the source's relevance, accuracy, and quality as it relates to your research. How will this source benefit my essay's discussion? Borrowed idea(s) to integrate into my essay: What paraphrased ideas and/or quotes might I use to support my thesis? Don't forget the in-text citation! (See Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources Using MLA Documentation in The Research Process Module.) Source 2 At least 3 sources should be accessed through a library database. Works Cited citation: Annotation: Write a brief description of the source's relevance, accuracy, and quality as it relates to your research. How will this source benefit my essay's discussion? Borrowed idea(s) to integrate into my essay: What paraphrased ideas and/or quotes might I use to support my thesis? Don't forget the in-text citation