#  Harvard Guide to Using Sources 

 



##  Why Use Sources? 

Provides an overview of what you will be expected to do with sources in college writing.



 

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**Welcome to the *Harvard Guide to Using Sources*.** As a required text for your Expos course, the *Guide* introduces you to the fundamentals of using sources in academic papers. You will be expected to understand these fundamentals as you write papers at Harvard, both for your Expos course and for the courses you will take beyond Expos.