Source Cards and Note Cards Made Easy! I love research!

Source Cards and Note CardsMade Easy!

I love research!

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Walsh, Frank. The Montgomery BusBoycott. Milwaukee, WI:World Almanac Library, 2003. Print.

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Each Source card will have a different number. The number should be in the upper right hand corner

Your initials need to go on EVERY CARD. Always write them on the bottom left corner

Source Card for a Book

Underline book title when you hand write.

Hanging Indent:This is required on source cards whenever you move to the next line!

COPY THIS SAMPLE SOURCE CARD ON ONE OF YOUR OWN.

Accomplishments 1

• On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks didn’t want to sit in the back of the bus anymore.

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Place the number of the source on each note card. This way you will know where the information came from.

Your initials need to go on EVERY CARD. Always write them on the bottom left corner

Write the page number on the bottom right side of the note card. This way you will know where the information came from.

Note CardThis is called a slug. It is a subheading that helps you organize your information. This appears at the top of ALL note cards.

Place the number of the source on each note card. This way you will know where the information came from.

Your initials need to go on EVERY CARD.

Write the page number on the bottom right side of the note card.

Accomplishments 1

• The bus driver called the police when Rosa Parks would not get out of the seat.

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Note Card The slug. Your subheading.

COPY THIS SAMPLE NOTE CARD SO YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT IT

Write your paraphrased note.

Note Card Reminder

One note per card UNLESS ideas are closely related and preferably can be listed. Here is an example of a card that connects to drought.

3Effects

• Water shortages• Crop damage• Loss of groundwater

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Now your turn…

Information from the book. Use this to complete a sample book source card. Some of the information you will NOT need. Pretend this is your first source.

Title: Rosa Parks: Freedom RiderAuthor: Ruth AshbyLexile: 1110City of Publication: New York, LondonPages: 124Year of Publication: 1998 and 2008Photographer: Stu JacksonPublishing Company: Sterling Publishers

Exchange your note card with someone nearby

This is what you need to look for: Source number in the upper right hand corner. Author last name, first and then period. Book title underlined, capital letters for important

words and period after. Hanging indent for all lines after the first. City of publication capped with colon. Include two

letter capped state abbreviation if city is not well-known.

Publishing Company, with caps and written exactly as seen in book. You cannot decide to abbreviate if they didn’t. Comma follows this.

Most recent year of publication followed by a period. The word Print followed by a period. Initials in the lower left hand corner.

How did you do?

Ashby, Ruth. Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider.

New York: Sterling Publishers, 2008. Print.

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Source Card for an Encyclopedia

Author. “Topic.” Name of the Encyclopedia. Edition. Medium.

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Manning, Kenneth R. “Rosa Parks.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2009 ed. Print.

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Each Source card will have a different number. The number should be in the upper right hand corner

Your initials need to go on EVERY CARD. Always write them on the bottom left corner

Do you know where to find the author of an encyclopedia article?

COPY THIS SAMPLE SOURCE CARD ON ONE OF YOUR OWN.

Place the number of the source on each note card. This way you will know where the information came from.

Your initials need to go on EVERY CARD.

Write the page number on the bottom right side of the note card.

Background 2

• Grew up on farm outside of Montgomery, AL

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Note Card The slug. Your subheading.

This is what a note card would like from the encyclopedia source.

Note Card Reminder #2

One note per card please UNLESS ideas are closely related and preferably can be listed. Here is an example of a card that connects to drought.

3Effects

• Water shortages• Crop damage• Loss of groundwater

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Unit Requirements

You will need a source card for each of the following books:Your historical fiction or narrative nonfiction bookYour history bookAt least TWO other book sources used for research.

Students who have a teacher (Mrs. Idlas, Miss Hayes, or Mrs. Wittmann) initial their source cards tend to do better on the Works Cited page.

One Very Important Tip

History Book Source Card

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Creating America: A History of the United States.

Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print.

TJW Copy and save this as one of your source cards.

Enjoy the ProcessEnjoy your Topic