BASIC SOURCE CARD RULES 4 Use a 3

BASIC SOURCE CARD RULES 4 Use a 3 x 5 card for EACH source. 4 Record a source different number for each book, article, etc. 4 Record ALL required information

BOOK SOURCE CARD SOURCE NUMBER - each is different 1 Hartis, John. Studying Upton Sinclair’s Life. Boston: Random House, 1987. BOOK LOCATION BOOK CALL # School library 921 Har

BOOK SOURCE CARD AUTHOR’S NAME BOOK TITLE 1 Hartis, John. Studying Upton Sinclair’s Life. Boston: Random House, 1987. School library 921 Har

BOOK SOURCE CARD NAME OF PUBLISHING CO. 1 Hartis, John. Studying Upton Sinclair’s Life. Boston: Random House, 1987. CITY OF PUBLICATION School library PUBLICATION DATE 921 Har

MAGAZINE / NEWSPAPER SOURCE CARD SOURCE NUMBER - each is different Kluger, Jeffery. “The Amistad Sails Again. ” TIME 27 Mar. 2000: 96. LOCATION OF SOURCE Delaware public library 2

MAGAZINE / NEWSPAPER SOURCE CARD AUTHOR’S NAME ARTICLE TITLE Kluger, Jeffery. “The Amistad Sails Again. ” TIME 27 Mar. 2000: 96. Monroe public library 2

MAGAZINE / NEWSPAPER SOURCE CARD DAY - MONTH YEAR Kluger, Jeffery. “The Amistad Sails Again. ” TIME 27 Mar. 2000: 96. MAGAZINE NAME Monroe public library PAGE NUMBER 2

BASIC NOTE CARD RULES 4 Use a 3 x 5 card for EACH note. 4 Record the source number. 4 Indicate the type of card (summary, quote, paraphrase, statistic, own idea. ) 4 Record the page number.

QUOTE CARD 4 Word-for-word from the source 4 Use quotation marks. 4 Same punctuation 4 Used to enhance or back-up your point 4 Indicate speaker if NOT the person who wrote the article, etc.

PARAPHRASE CARD 4 Same information in YOUR OWN WORDS 4 About same length as original 4 Used when you need specific details/opinions (but not a quote)

SUMMARY CARD 4 Main idea in your own words 4 Shorter than the original - usually much shorter 4 Used to remember a general idea

STATISTIC CARD 4 Statistic only OWN IDEA CARD 4 Your own thought 4 Something you may need to remember 4 Notes to yourself - Do not cite!

NOTE CARD LAYOUT SOURCE NUMBER Paying for college SLUG - MAIN IDEA “At the age of fifteen he began writing dime novels in order to pay his way through the College of the City of New York. ” page 15 quotation 7

NOTE CARD LAYOUT Paying for college NOTE “At the age of fifteen he began writing dime novels in order to pay his way through the College of the City of New PAGE NUMBER York. ” page 15 quotation TYPE OF CARD 7