Research Paper: The Note Card System

1. Research Paper: The Note Card System

2. The Note Card System You will create note cards that you will fill with information about the subject that you are researching. They are note cards on which you put all of the information you will need about all the sources you use. The Note Card System Honus Wagner, 1909: There are around 100 believed to be still in existence and only ten in decent condition. Supposedly Wagner, objected to cigarette smoking and demanded his cards be pulled from production. The last recorded auction price for a Wagner T206 was $1.1 million in 2000. 

3. Purpose of Note Cards To identify the sources of quotations and ideas for citing your sources later (giving credit to your sources). To find sources again if you need them. To make your Works Cited  Purpose of Note Cards Ty Cobb, 1914: The "Georgia Peach" was actually nothing of the sort. A gritty, sometimes dirty player, Cobb was the all-time hits leader until Pete Rose broke his record in 1985. Still, he's carried his reputation to the grave--perhaps capping his card value. 

4. Types of Cards Source Cards: A note card where you indentify specific aspects of a source including author, title, published date, and page number.  Information Cards: A note card where you enter one single fact, quote or thought you'd like to include in your paper Types of Cards Babe Ruth, 1933: One of four Ruth cards in the set, the "Sultan of Swat" was bigger than the sport itself in the '20s and '30s. And his first cards still call him Herman. 

5. Source Cards Information Cards Riddle Me This?!

6. Our Source Cards: It Starts With the Source

7. We will be completing our own SOURCE CARDS TODAY. These are valuable to you and should be kept in an organized manner. You Need to Purchase 2 Items: Index Cards (1 stack should be enough) 1 Note Card Binder Your Turn

8. Source Card #1: Beginnings: The Story of the Times Include Hanging Indent on Card Number each card (1 because it is your 1st source) 1 last name, first name [author of selection] .       title of selection  [in quotation marks] . Title of  anthology [underlined] . volume [if given] .  editor [if given]. city: publisher. date. page location    Place of publication Author’s last name first Publisher Title Most recent publication date

9. Source Information to Transfer to Card: Author: Unknown; Title: Sky Tree; Title of Anthology: Holt Literature; Editor: Susan K. Lynch; City: Austin; Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Date: 2003; Page: 24. Source Card #2: The Sky Tree Number each card (2 because it is your 2nd source) 2 last name, first name [author of selection] .       title of selection  [in quotation marks] . Title of  anthology [underlined] . volume [if given] .  editor [if given]. city: publisher. date. page location    Place of publication Author’s last name first Publisher Title Most recent publication date

10. Source Information to Transfer to Card: Author: Anne Bradstreet; Title: Upon the Burning of Our House; Date of Search: 11.23.09 Online; Web Site: http://www.puritansermons.com/poetry/anne13.htm; Source Card #3: Upon the Burning of Our House Number each card (3 because it is your 3rd source) 3 Last, First (Author). "Title of Article" Date of search. Internet Address or URL. Date of Search Author’s last name first Internet Address Title

11. Source Card #4: A Nation is Born: The Story of the Times Include Hanging Indent on Card Number each card (4 because it is your 4th source) 4 last name, first name [author of selection] .       title of selection  [in quotation marks] . Title of  anthology [underlined] . volume [if given] .  editor [if given]. city: publisher. date. page location    Place of publication Author’s last name first Publisher Title Most recent publication date

12. Source Card #5: Speech at the Virginia Convention Include Hanging Indent on Card Number each card (5 because it is your 5th source) 5 last name, first name [author of selection] .       title of selection  [in quotation marks] . Title of  anthology [underlined] . volume [if given] .  editor [if given]. city: publisher. date. page location    Place of publication Author’s last name first Publisher Title Most recent publication date

13. Source Card #6: Poor Richard’s Almanac Include Hanging Indent on Card Number each card (6 because it is your 6th source) 6 last name, first name [author of selection] .       title of selection  [in quotation marks] . Title of  anthology [underlined] . volume [if given] .  editor [if given]. city: publisher. date. page location    Place of publication Author’s last name first Publisher Title Most recent publication date

14. Research Paper: The Note Card System

15. Information Note Cards Interesting facts, quotations, statistics about your topic WHAT GOES ON A NOTE CARD?

16. Note Card The number matches your source card, so you do not have to write the title. Use quotation marks Subject 1 Food “Bread was baked daily except on Sunday due to religious observances in the colonies. Each colony had different types of bread, but they/ were all eventually baked commercially in brick ovens fueled by wood fires.” pp. 89-90 Direct quote Page numbers When you go from one page to another draw a line so you will know which part of the quote goes on which page.

17. 3 Ways to Fill Information Cards Paraphrase Summarize Quote HOW TO TAKE ANOTHER AUTHOR’S INFORMATION??

18. Summary Paraphrase Compress/shrink down in your own words Translate and rewrite what the author is saying·       PARAPHRASE/SUMMARIZE

19. When you put the information in your own words or paraphrase: The only difference is the quotation marks. Food 1 The bread was baked/ in brick ovens heated by wood. pp. 89-90 Note Card

20. Quotations Used to show EXACTLY what the author was saying QUOTE

21. 4 Items for Information Cards Topic Main idea of the card IMPORTANT: You want to have multiple card with the same topic Source Card # Information Page # information was found on The page numbers should be from the source Stay organized…

22. . Paste and Copy

23. The Topic of the Card Main idea of the card IMPORTANT: You want to have multiple card with the same topic 1. Card Topic

24. Source Title The source is given a number, corresponding back to the original source card (instead of writing out the entire title, author, etc.) 2. Source Title

25. The Information The paraphrase, summarize or quote in the middle 3. The Middle

26. Page Numbers The page numbers should be from the source you have taken the information 4. page numbers

27. Organization Create similar topics for your cards This will allow you to focus your paper in one or two directions later on Sample Note Cards