Paraphrasing means putting someone else's ideas into your own words. Source paraphrasing involves changing the words while retaining their original meaning.

This application is a guide for those of you who are looking for the right paraphrasing tool for scientific writing.

Quoting is an alternative to quoting (copying someone's exact words and placing them in quotation marks ). In academic writing, it's usually better to integrate sources by paraphrasing than quoting. This shows that you have understood the source, read more fluently, and kept your voice front and center.