Bibliography Card Models Source Cards Data Cards Source

Bibliography Card Models Source Cards & Data Cards

Source Card Requirements • Create a new source card for every new source you utilize. • Number each new card. • Lay out the source card in MLA format for that particular types of source. • Write it with the hanging indentation where the first line is left-justified, then the rest are indented.

Source Cards Source 1 Book Source Author. Book title: Subtitle. City of publication: publisher, year of publication. (Author #).

Source Cards Source 2 Database/Gale Cengage Source "Toxic Waste Discovered at Love Canal, 1978. " DISCovering U. S. History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Junior. Gale. Iroquois Central Schools. 15 Mar. 2010 <http: //find. galegroup. com >. (“Toxic Waste” #).

Data Card Requirements 1. Label source number in upper left corner. 2. Every piece of information must have its own data card. Every data card must have a citation! • • • Paraphrase: close to original detail, but in your own words. Direct Quote: any sentence used verbatim. Summary: only a general overview of the information. 3. Write the information in complete sentences as it would appear in the paper. 4. No bullet points! 5. Place the proper MLA in-text citation followed a period at the end (author #).

Data Card Model From Source 1 Paraphrase This sentence will be your actual paraphrase of the evidence. A paraphrase may be several sentences long (Smith 45).

Data Card Model From Source 2 Direct Quote “This would be your actual direct quote from the source. Remember that you can use any sentence as a quote if you use it verbatim” (Brown & Callahan n. p. ).

Data Card Model From Source 3 Summary A summary is the only the gist of a source. It is very general information without a lot of detail (“Niagara Falls, ” par. 4).

Data Card Model Source 4 Quote within a Quote President Obama said, “Yes we can, America” (qtd. in Smith 146 ).

Citing Websites: Entire Website 5 The Buffalo Irish Center. Buffaloirishcenter. com, n. d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. (The Buffalo Irish, par. 3).

Citing Websites: Short Document 5 “Food and Drink at the Pan-American Exposition. ” Illuminations: Revisiting the Pan-American Exposition of 1901. University at Buffalo Libraries, 10 June 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. (“Food and Drink” n. p. ).