Notecards and

Research

A Survival Guide

The topic has been chosen

Now what?

Getting started:

Get index cards…many index cards.

Locate your sources.

Make a bibliography card for each one.

Uniquely identify each source by the color of the index card.

Book Bibliography Card

Title

Author(s)

Publication InformationYearCity, StateCompany

Example

United States History: Beginnings to 1877

Deverell and White

2013

Orlando, Florida

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Website Bibliography Card

Title of website

Complete html or http address

Author(s) [If applicable]

Article Title [If applicable]

Date accessed

Example

History.com

www.history.com/topics/9-11-timeline

9/11: Timeline of Events

September 20, 2012

Taking notes

Write one, and only one, fact or piece of information on the card.

Remember to include the page number on which it is found.

Continue until the source is exhausted.

Move on to another source.

One fact from this particular source

Be sure to indicate the page number

“In the fifties before Elvis there was no rock and roll. On the radio white singers sang romanticsongs or cute songs…In small clubs, black singers were performingrhythm and blues, or R & B.”

Page 2

It’s time to create your entry

Make an outline for your paper or script.

Design the layout for your exhibit or web site.

Create a storyboard for your documentary.

This is easily done by putting your index cards in the order you wish to present your entry.

If you change your mind, just change the order of your index cards.

Everything should be so simple!!!