Creating Source Cards and Note Cards for Research

Source cards help you to keep your sources organized and allow you to create a bibliography from your sources when you have completed your research. They also allow you to keep track of which sources you have used when citing facts and quoting those sources. Below is the information you need to include for the three most common type of sources. You can easily use the internet to find the information you need to cite other types of sources.

BooksMagazine, Newspaper, Encyclopedia

Article Internet Source1. Full name of author or editor (Last,

First)2. Title and subtitle (underlined)3. City of publication4. Name of publisher5. Year of Publication

1. Full name of author (Last, First)2. “Title of article” (in quotation marks)3. Name of magazine/newspaper

(underlined)4. Date, page number

1. Author’s Name (if known)2. “Title of article” (in quotation marks)3. Title of Website4. Full and exact URL address5. Date site was updated or (if not

known), date you visited the site

Below is an example of what one of your source cards should look like. This is from an internet source. * Label each source card as “Source 1,” “Source 2,” and “Source 3.”

Note Cards allow you to gather information from each source in your own words. By gathering information onto notecards and then writing your essay, you prevent the temptation to plagiarize from your sources. Do not copy information word-for-word from your sources.

1. Label each card with the source you used in the upper left corner.2. Write the topic you will cover on the card below the source. 3. Write two or three facts about that topic in your own words.

Biography Project Requirements:THREE source cards from three different credible sources, and THREE note cards from each source (NINE note cards in all).*This means you will turn in a total of TWELVE cards. Make sure that you write your name and period on EACH card.

Creating Source Cards and Note Cards for Research

Source cards help you to keep your sources organized and allow you to create a bibliography from your sources when you have completed your research. They also allow you to keep track of which sources you have used when citing facts and quoting those sources. Below is the information you need to include for the three most common type of sources. You can easily use the internet to find the information you need to cite other types of sources.

BooksMagazine, Newspaper, Encyclopedia

Article Internet Source6. Full name of author or editor (Last,

First)7. Title and subtitle (underlined)8. City of publication9. Name of publisher10.Year of Publication

5. Full name of author (Last, First)6. “Title of article” (in quotation marks)7. Name of magazine/newspaper

(underlined)8. Date, page number

6. Author’s Name (if known)7. “Title of article” (in quotation marks)8. Title of Website9. Full and exact URL address10. Date site was updated or (if not

known), date you visited the site

Below is an example of what one of your source cards should look like. This is from an internet source. * Label each source card as “Source 1,” “Source 2,” and “Source 3.”

Note Cards allow you to gather information from each source in your own words. By gathering information onto notecards and then writing your essay, you prevent the temptation to plagiarize from your sources. Do not copy information word-for-word from your sources.

4. Label each card with the source you used in the upper left corner.5. Write the topic you will cover on the card below the source. 6. Write two or three facts about that topic in your own words.

Biography Project Requirements:THREE source cards from three different credible sources, and THREE note cards from each source (NINE note cards in all).*This means you will turn in a total of TWELVE cards. Make sure that you write your name and period on EACH card.