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You’re right! Even if it is a website, and even if you are summarizing rather than quoting or paraphrasing from the site, you are still “kidnapping” someone else’s ideas. A summary is written in your own words, but it still makes reference to another person’s intellectual property. Think of it this way: you are collaborating with the authors of your sources, working with their ideas and recasting them to come up with your own. Finally, a word of advice: always go to your professor for help. They should be your first and best resource for questions about texts or anything relating to your class.