Note cards:

The meat of the paper.

Adapted from source: Hacker, Diana. Working with Sources: Exercises to Accompany Rules for Writers. 6th edition.

Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008.

Tips and Advice 50 required on 4x6 white index cards Use a pen and write legibly. At least six sources should be used, one of which is

the mentor interview. Each card should contain information from only one

source and fit under only one topic of the research paper.

Note cards typically include 3-4 sentences of information. Do not try to fill up the entire card.

Make sure at least two note cards cover every topic and subtopic of the outline.

Put your name on the back of each card.

Introductory card format

Thesis statement

First topic

Second topic

Third topic

Fourth topic

Introductory card example

Despite efforts to improve safety through rules and

equipment changes, professional football is a violent

game that causes many serious injuries.

A. Head injuries

B. Shoulder and spinal cord injuries

C. Knee injuries

D. Safety rule changes

E. Safety equipment changes

Note card format

Outline topic heading Last name #

Outline subtopic heading

Notes from the source that would enhance

the paper

Source card #

Note card example

Long-term Effects Carson 267-68

Resistance to insecticides

The first medical use of modern insecticides occurred in Italy when the Allied

Military Command launched a successful attack on typhus by dusting

enormous numbers of people with DDT. This was followed two years later by

… residual sprays for the control of malaria (268) mosquitoes. Only a year

later the first signs of trouble appeared. Both houseflies and mosquitoes of

the Genus Culex began to show resistance to sprays.

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