step three: note cards the research paper. mutant frog cat!
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Step Three: Note CardsThe Research Paper
The quiz is over!Yay!
Mutant Frog Cat!
Requirements (Turned in twice)1 card with name and period3 bibliography cards20 note cards
Must be connected with rubber band or other connecting power.
BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS
What are Bibliography Cards?Bibliography Cards have the
information on your actual sources.◦Author, title of publication, article
title, date, all that good stuff.
You will use your bibliography cards to complete your “Works Cited” page.◦Without a Works Cited page, your
paper would be plagiarized.
Writing Bibliography CardsYou will be citing using the MLA
Humanities Style.
Different types of sources (books, edited books, magazine articles, news articles, websites) are cited in different formats.◦The Research Paper, pages 86-99,
gives you instructions and examples for many types.
Example Bibliography Card
Sorenson, Sharon. The Research Paper: A Contemporary Approach. 2nd ed.
New York:
AMSCO School Publications, Inc., 2006.
NOTE CARDS
Two Different Types!
Bibliography Cards Note Cards
Information about Sources
Each Due Date requires 3.
Information from Sources
Each Due Date requires 20.
Why do Note Cards?Learn essential research paper technique
(The small size of index cards reflects the small size of the information bits you’re collecting.)
◦ Therefore, each index card will only have ONEpiece of information.
◦ And only reference one source.
Also, it helps you organize your paper in a dynamic way.
Just take small pieces of information from your sources!
What to Include on Note Cards1. The Slug
◦ This 2-3 word title categorizes the information on your card
◦ Base it on your Working Outline It will help you figure out what section of
your paper to put information in.
2. The Author’s Last Name3. The Page Number
◦ When applicable If from a website, type n.p.
4. The Piece of Information
Essential to avoid plagiarism!
2nd Requirement in DetailPlan A: Author’s
Last Name◦ If you have this, you
don’t need titlePlan B: If no listed
author, use Title◦ Title is not url
NOT www.bmhs-la.org “BMHS – Bishop
Montgomery High School”
2nd Requirement in DetailPlan B: If no author, write Title
(cont.)◦Punctuate
“Article or Webpage Title” Book Title
◦Use keywords “William Shakespeare’s Early Life:
Growing up in Stratford upon Avon” “Stratford upon Avon”
“Shakespeare’s Early Life” “Early Life”
A Sample Note Card
When John Turner was captured by Chinese
pirates, he witnessed the torture of a man from
the Chinese navy, who “was nailed to the deck
through his feet with large nails, ‘then beaten
with four rattans twisted together, till he
vomited blood.’”
Violence of Historical Pirates(Cordingly 14)
Slug
Piece of Information(Partial Quotation)
Author’s LastName
Page Number
Ways to Record Information Direct Quotation
Partial Quotation◦ Some your words,
some theirs.
Précis◦ Brief summary◦ Much shorter than
original◦ ALL your own words
Paraphrase◦ Be careful!◦ Each and every
word must be your own. If having trouble
with a part of it, make it a partial quotation.
Outline◦ Good for lists
Remember!Anytime you use an author’s
exact words (even if it is a phrase or a key word), it must be in quotation marks and cited.
Anytime you use an author’s ideas, but your own words, you do not use quotation marks, but you still cite it.
A Side Note on PlagiarismPlagiarism: presenting someone’s
words or ideas as your own.
Three Ways to Avoid Plagiarism:1. Do NOT use exact words from a source
without putting them inside quotation marks.
2. Do NOT reword a passage without crediting the source.
3. Do NOT summarize a passage without crediting the source.
Research!!!EBSCOhost
◦http://search.epnet.com/login.asp◦User ID: bmhs◦Password: bishmont
WorldBook◦http://worldbookonline.com◦User ID: knights999◦Password: bmhs999