SOURCE NOTE CARDS FOR RESEARCH WRITING MLA FORMAT

SOURCE & NOTE CARDS FOR RESEARCH WRITING (MLA FORMAT)

PURPOSE • Effective organization method for research writing • Correlate info from source to notes • Easier to locate info to insert into your essay or works cited page

SOURCE CARD 1 SOURCE PER CARD

FORMAT Source # MLA formatted source information w/ hanging indents. Any notes regarding the source

EXAMPLE ISSUE: HONOR KILLINGS #1 Dahl, Julia. “‘Honor Killing under growing scrutiny in the U. S. ’. ” CBS News. 4 April 2012. Web. 24 Oct 2012. Note: http: //www. cbsnews. com/8301 -504083_16257409395 -504083/honor-killing-under-growingscrutiny-in-the-u. s/

PRACTICE GO TO: http: //www. bbc. co. uk/ethics/hono urcrimes/crimesofhonour_1. shtml

CHECK YOUR WORK #2 “Honour Crimes. ” Ethics Guide. BBC News. Web. 25 Oct 2012. http: //www. bbc. co. uk/ethics/honourcri mes/crimesofhonour_1. shtml

PRACTICE GO TO: http: //www. cnn. com/2012/08/20/world/ asia/pakistan-honorconfession/index. html

CHECK YOUR WORK #3 Sayah, Reza. “'Honor' murderer boasts of triple killing. ” CNN. 22 Aug 2012. Web. 25 Oct 2012. Good example of how it’s culturally accepted in some countries. http: //www. cnn. com/2012/08/20/world/asia/paki stan-honor-confession/index. html

NOTE CARDS 1 QUOTE/PARAPHRASE/SUMMARY PER CARD

FORMAT Topic or Category SOURCE # “Quote” or Paraphrase or Summarization Page or Paragraph Number

EXAMPLE QUOTE CARD Origin of honor killing #2 “Honour [sic] killing is believed to have originated from tribal customs where an allegation against a woman can be enough to defile a family's reputation - 'a life without honour is not worth living. ’” Par. 6

EXAMPLE SUMMARIZATION CARD US EXAMPLE #1 Arizona's Peoria Police Department, Detective Chris Boughey was the lead investigator in the murder of Noor Almaleki, a 20 -year-old woman who was ran over in broad daylight by her father who thought she was too westernized and did not want to accept a marriage that her father arranged for her in Iraq. Par. 10

EXAMPLE PARAPHRASE CARD WORLD STATISTICS #1 The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s annual reported that in 2011, a minimum of 943 women and girls, 93 who were minors, were killed in family related honor killings. Par. 13

RELATIONSHIP #1 Dahl, Julia. “‘Honor Killing under growing scrutiny in the U. S. ’. ” CBS News. 4 April 2012. Web. 24 Oct 2012. Note: http: //www. cbsnews. com/8301504083_162 -57409395 -504083/honor-killingunder-growing-scrutiny-in-the-u. s/ WORLD STATISTICS #1 The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s annual reported that in 2011, a minimum of 943 women and girls, 93 who were minors, were killed in family related honor killings. Par. 13

Although honor killings may seem like a thing from the past, in the Middle East the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s annual report stated that in 2011, a minimum of 943 women and girls, 93 who were minors, were killed in family related honor killings (Dahl).

Works Cited Dahl, Julia. “’Honor Killing under growing scrutiny in the U. S. ’. ” CBS News. 4 April 2012. Web. 24 Oct 2012. “Honour Crimes. ” Ethics Guide. BBC News. Web. 25 Oct 2012. Sayah, Rez. “'Honor' murderer boasts 2012. Web. 25 Oct 2012. of triple killing’. ” CNN. 22 Aug