Locating Sources and Taking Notes

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Locating Sources and Taking NotesResearch Paper

+There are Different Kinds of Sources?Primary – original

text, document, interview, speech of letterIt is not

someone’s comments on or analysis of a text

Secondary – is not an original text or documentThis is

someone’s comments or analysis of a text

+Evaluate the Source

Check the Date

Check the Author

+Evaluating Internet Sources

Who wrote the web page?How accurate is the information?How up-to-date is the information?Is the information biased (slanted

toward one point of view), or are both sides of an issue presented objectively and fairly?

+Bibliography

As you do research – Keep track of your sources in a file labeled MLA_Bibliography

Use the handout to find the information – INCLUDING – Website title Webpage title Author Last date updated Publication Date accessed Website address

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Taking Notes

Research Paper

+Ask Yourself these Questions

What are my research questions, the questions I want to find the answers to?

What are the most important ideas I want to cover in my paper?

What background information will readers need to have?

What are the main parts, or sections, of my paper, and how do they relate to one another?

How might I organize the information? What conclusion(s) do I expect to draw?

+Avoid PLAGARISM

Give credit where credit is due!

This is my work!Not yours!

+Three Kinds of Notes

Direct quotes – author’s words written word for word

Paraphrasing – this is when you restate the author’s words into your own words (you will use this when discussing the author’s works

Summarizing – this is when you restate the main ideas in your own words

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