Context: reasons for citing it, ways it is relevant to your research question, and how it relates to other sources
This part I struggle with the most, including information and quoting are simple. However, it always felt difficult to try and mesh why I am including it into my writing. Usually, I will write what I want to say and use the quotes to support my writing and not support my writing around the quotes.
It’s important to understand that your research can start at Wikipedia and other online encyclopedias but should not end there.
I did not know using online encyclopedias were not as frowned upon as I thought. I have always been under the impression that using them at all was a huge no no. A lot of my teachers in the past have forbade us from even looking at them.
Your research question should inform the structure and contents of your project and everything you cite should be related to your research question in some way.
In my experience, this is the most difficult part of any kind of research. Especially when I have a lot of ideas or struggle to find any interest in a topic.