Role of Sources in Research: Importance of Scholarly Sources in Academic Compositions

This paper discusses the importance of using scholarly sources in academic compositions and the role played by sources in the formation of an argument. It also highlights the benefits of incorporating references within the composition.

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ROLE OF SOURCES IN RESEARCH
An academic composition or an argumentative composition is majorly composed on the
basis of the views and the opinions that have been put forth by the eminent scholars on the given
issue. It is very important to cite the sources that have been utilized for the creation of the
composition of the concerned literary genres. The resources should be implemented within the
literary compositions in order to depict the use of the proper research that is necessary for the
completion of the concerned composition. It is also one of the major responsibilities of a scholar
to credit the scholars who have contributed to the concerned topic as well. The following paper
attempts a discussion on the role played by the sources in the formation of an argument. The
paper aims at the discussion on the importance of using the scholarly sources in the composition
of the argument or an academic composition as well.
The composition of the various academic compositions and the research articles should
bear the proof of the conduction of the proper researches in the field of the study that they have
undertaken for the researching. This is necessary due to the fact that the concerned assignment
should reflect the use of the proper amount of research in the completion of the study at hand.
The use of the different scholarly sources within the given study matter aims to discuss the
factors related to the implementation of the proper researches undertaken to complete the
concerned research study at hand (Nishimura et al.). The incorporation of the various resources

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within the composition of the academic literature aims to deal with the issues that are generally
faced by the people who might use the concerned composition for their future reference in the
various related fields. The references to the varied sources that are cited helps the concerned
person to deal with the factors that are related to the authenticity and the credibility of the
information that is provided to the readers through the concerned document. The credibility of
the concerned information is known to have been an important factor in the authenticity of the
concerned piece of work. The use of the varied sources within the compositions also helps in the
tracking of the several information sources that are implemented within the composition thereby
helping in proving the credibility of the research article (Perna). The usage of the resources
within the concerned composition further helps in distinguishing the authentic and the credible
articles from the ones that are known to lack the presence of the references thereby reducing the
credibility of the information that is incorporated within the concerned composition (Kaiser et
al). The incorporation of the references within the given composition also enables the reader to
refer to the sources as a cross-reference in the given field of study. This helps the concerned
reader to gain access to a wider range of literature in the given area of knowledge.
The other reason that might be cited in favor of the usage of the sources for the
composition of various literary writing genres like the essays, reports, articles and other such
compositions refers to the issues of the satisfaction of the concerned academic body that are to be
addressed for the concerned piece of academic literary work. Zhao and Gao argue that the use of
the different scholarly sources within the given study matter aims to discuss the factors related to
the implementation of the proper researches undertaken to complete the concerned research
study at hand. The incorporation of the various resources within the composition of the academic
literature aims to deal with the issues that are generally faced by the people who might use the

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concerned composition for their future reference in the various related fields (Marcus). The
references to the varied sources that are cited helps the concerned person to deal with the factors
that are related to the authenticity and the credibility of the information that is provided to the
readers through the concerned document. The incorporation of the various sources within the
literary compositions help in providing the concerned authorities with the issues that are related
to the wide range of the reading that is utilized for the completion of the concerned assignment.
The usage of the resources within the concerned composition further helps in distinguishing the
authentic and the credible articles from the ones that are known to lack the presence of the
references thereby reducing the credibility of the information that is incorporated within the
concerned composition. According to Letizia, the use of the references within the piece of
composition helps to send across the message that the composition is not majorly based on the
personal opinion of the writer but depends on the cited sources for the ideas and the thoughts that
have been put forth within the concerned composition. The incorporation of the sources within
the composition also helps the composer to reveal the construction of the writeup as well as the
ways in which the conclusion is derived with the progression of the composition from the
introductory part through the major sections of the composition there again proceeding to the
concluding sections.
The last but not the least important reason behind the incorporation of the source
materials within the given composition refers to the presence of the evidence within the given
composition regarding the critical as well as the analytical approach that is implemented by the
concerned writer. This helps the concerned author of the composition to provide the readers of
the composition with the various referenced materials that might help them to resolve their
further queries on the given issue. Pei-hua opines that the other major advantage of the uses and

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the citation of the proper sources within the given document refers to the avoidance of the issue
of plagiarism that is faced by the scholars as well as the students who have been pursuing their
courses at the multitude of the academic institutions that are present all over the world. The
usage of the resources within the concerned composition further helps in distinguishing the
authentic and the credible articles from the ones that are known to lack the presence of the
references thereby reducing the credibility of the information that is incorporated within the
concerned composition (Letizia). The incorporation of the references within the given
composition also enables the reader to refer to the sources as a cross-reference in the given field
of study. The resources should be implemented within the literary compositions in order to
depict the use of the proper research that is necessary for the completion of the concerned
composition (LePeau). It is also one of the major responsibilities of a scholar to credit the
scholars who have contributed to the concerned topic as well. Roper et al. stated that the use of
the different scholarly sources within the given study matter aims to discuss the factors related to
the implementation of the proper researches undertaken to complete the concerned research
study at hand. The incorporation of the various resources within the composition of the academic
literature aims to deal with the issues that are generally faced by the people who might use the
concerned composition for their future reference in the various related fields.
The above discussion, might therefore be inferred to have been dealing with the issues
that are related to the use of several sources within various types of compositions. The essay
majorly pointed out the various reasons that state that the activity of composing a certain literary
piece should majorly involve various sources in order to maintain the proper authenticity and the
credibility of the composition. The incorporation of the references within the given composition
also enables the reader to refer to the sources as a cross-reference in the given field of study.

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Thus, it might be opined that the composition should involve the compilation of the information
from the various sources in order to maintain the authentic nature of the composition.

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