diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
index ff5f29b..a09c18e 100644
--- a/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 pub use crate::component::EntropyComponent;
 pub use crate::plugin::EntropyPlugin;
 pub use crate::resource::GlobalEntropy;
-pub use crate::seed::GlobalRngSeed;
+pub use crate::seed::{GlobalRngSeed, RngSeed};
 pub use crate::traits::{
-    ForkableAsRng, ForkableAsSeed, ForkableInnerRng, ForkableRng, ForkableSeed,
+    ForkableAsRng, ForkableAsSeed, ForkableInnerRng, ForkableRng, ForkableSeed, SeedSource
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "wyrand")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "wyrand")))]
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index 3491d6f..0b30c93 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     seed::{GlobalRngSeed, RngSeed},
     traits::{
         EcsEntropySource, ForkableAsRng, ForkableAsSeed, ForkableInnerRng, ForkableRng,
-        ForkableSeed,
+        ForkableSeed, SeedSource,
     },
 };
 use bevy::{
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ where
 {
     fn from_world(world: &mut World) -> Self {
         if let Some(seed) = world.get_resource::<GlobalRngSeed<R>>() {
-            Self::new(R::from_seed(seed.get_seed()))
+            Self::new(R::from_seed(seed.clone_seed()))
         } else {
             Self::from_entropy()
         }
diff --git a/src/seed.rs b/src/seed.rs
index a267287..dc95079 100644
--- a/src/seed.rs
+++ b/src/seed.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl<R: SeedableEntropySource> SeedSource<R> for GlobalRngSeed<R>
 where
     R::Seed: Sync + Send + Clone,
 {
-    /// Create a new instance of [`GlobalRngSeed`].
+    /// Create a new instance of [`GlobalRngSeed`] from a given `seed` value.
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
     fn from_seed(seed: R::Seed) -> Self {
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ where
             rng: PhantomData,
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn get_seed(&self) -> &R::Seed {
+        &self.seed
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn clone_seed(&self) -> R::Seed {
+        self.seed.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<R: SeedableEntropySource> GlobalRngSeed<R>
@@ -63,12 +73,6 @@ impl<R: SeedableEntropySource> GlobalRngSeed<R>
 where
     R::Seed: Sync + Send + Clone,
 {
-    /// Returns a cloned instance of the seed value.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn get_seed(&self) -> R::Seed {
-        self.seed.clone()
-    }
-
     /// Set the global seed to a new value
     pub fn set_seed(&mut self, seed: R::Seed) {
         self.seed = seed;
@@ -110,12 +114,25 @@ impl<R: SeedableEntropySource> SeedSource<R> for RngSeed<R>
 where
     R::Seed: Sync + Send + Clone,
 {
+    /// Create a new instance of [`RngSeed`] from a given `seed` value.
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
     fn from_seed(seed: R::Seed) -> Self {
         Self {
             seed,
             rng: PhantomData,
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn get_seed(&self) -> &R::Seed {
+        &self.seed
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn clone_seed(&self) -> R::Seed {
+        self.seed.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<R: SeedableEntropySource> Component for RngSeed<R>
@@ -183,6 +200,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let recreated = GlobalRngSeed::<WyRand>::from_reflect(value.as_reflect()).unwrap();
 
-        assert_eq!(val.get_seed(), recreated.get_seed());
+        assert_eq!(val.clone_seed(), recreated.clone_seed());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/traits.rs b/src/traits.rs
index 31ef573..204df83 100644
--- a/src/traits.rs
+++ b/src/traits.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ where
     /// Initialize a [`SeedSource`] from a given `seed` value.
     fn from_seed(seed: R::Seed) -> Self;
 
+    /// Returns a reference of the seed value.
+    fn get_seed(&self) -> &R::Seed;
+
+    /// Returns a cloned instance of the seed value.
+    fn clone_seed(&self) -> R::Seed;
+
     /// Initialize a [`SeedSource`] from a `seed` value obtained from a
     /// OS-level or user-space RNG source.
     fn from_entropy() -> Self
diff --git a/tests/integration/determinism.rs b/tests/integration/determinism.rs
index e757610..a1a5e7b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/determinism.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/determinism.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 use bevy_prng::{ChaCha12Rng, ChaCha8Rng, WyRand};
 use bevy_rand::prelude::{
-    EntropyComponent, EntropyPlugin, ForkableAsRng, ForkableRng, GlobalEntropy, GlobalRngSeed,
+    EntropyComponent, EntropyPlugin, ForkableAsRng, ForkableRng, GlobalEntropy, GlobalRngSeed, SeedSource
 };
 use rand::prelude::Rng;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn setup_sources(mut commands: Commands, mut rng: ResMut<GlobalEntropy<ChaCha8Rn
 }
 
 fn read_global_seed(seed: Res<GlobalRngSeed<ChaCha8Rng>>) {
-    assert_eq!(seed.get_seed(), [2; 32]);
+    assert_eq!(seed.get_seed(), &[2; 32]);
 }
 
 /// Entities having their own sources side-steps issues with parallel execution and scheduling
diff --git a/tests/integration/reseeding.rs b/tests/integration/reseeding.rs
index f926f86..c7374b3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/reseeding.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/reseeding.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use bevy_rand::{
     prelude::EntropyComponent,
     resource::GlobalEntropy,
     seed::GlobalRngSeed,
-    traits::{ForkableAsSeed, ForkableSeed},
+    traits::{ForkableAsSeed, ForkableSeed, SeedSource},
 };
 use rand_core::{RngCore, SeedableRng};
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fn test_global_reseeding() {
         R::Seed: Sync + Send + Clone,
     {
         if seed.is_changed() && !seed.is_added() {
-            rng.reseed(seed.get_seed());
+            rng.reseed(seed.clone_seed());
         }
     }