Note CardsThe Research Paper

Requirements

• 1 card with name and period• 3 bibliography cards• 20 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 Cards

• You will be citing using the MLA Humanities Style.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Good Resources

• http://search.epnet.com/login.asp– User ID: bmhs– Password: bishmont

• http://worldbookonline.com– User ID: knights999– Password: bmhs999

Example Bibliography Card

Sorenson, Sharon. The Research Paper: A Contemporary Approach. 2nd ed.

New York:

AMSCO School Publications, Inc., 2006.

Print.

NOTE CARDS

Two Different Types!

Bibliography Cards Note Cards• Information about Sources

• Due Date requires 3.

• Information from Sources

• 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 Cards

1. 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 Detail• Plan A: Author’s Last

Name– If you have this, you

don’t need title

• Plan B: If no listed author, use Title– Title is not url

• NOT www.bmhs-la.org• “BMHS – Bishop

Montgomery High School”

2nd Requirement in Detail

• Plan 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 Plagiarism

Plagiarism: 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.