1. What’s next? Source Cards Note Cards Reliability Dewey Encyclopedia
Book
Ebsco (Magazine)
Internet
Note Cards
Reliability
Dewey

2. Source Cards
Encyclopedia
Author Last name, First. “Subject Title.” Encyclopedia Name. Year of publication.
Gold, John. “Edison, Thomas.” World Book Encyclopedia ed.
Classroom
Don’t forget
to indent

3. Encyclopedia: Author Last name, First.
After each “subject entry” in an encyclopedia there is an author. You will find that it is written in VERY small print at the very end of the article.
Each “subject entry” is BOLD and is ALWAYS lined up on the left. Subcategories are also bold but they are indented slightly.

4. Encyclopedia: “Subject Title.”
This one is easy…
The “Subject Title” is what you are looking for
“Football” is a “Subject Title.”
“Ali, Muhammad” is a “Subject Title.”
“Cow” is a “Subject Title.”
RULE: ALWAYS look for “people” by their LAST NAME first

5. Source Cards
Book
Author Last name, First. Book Title. City of Publication:Publisher, Year of publication.
Josephson, Matthew. Edison: A Biography. Portland: Wiley, 1992.

6. Book: City of Publication and Publisher
This information can be found on the “TITLE PAGE”
The “Title Page” is the page in book that contains the title, author, publisher, publisher address, and copyright date. The “copyright” date is found by the ©
The “Title Page” is everything you need to create a “Book Source Card”

7. Source Cards
Magazine
Author or editor Last name, First name. “Article title.” Name of Magazine. Date of Magazine published: Page numbers.
Saunders, Fenella. “They Invented it.” Discover Magazine. Oct 2006: 2-3.
Ebsco-host

8. Magazine (Ebscohost): Easy to use, once you set it up right
Go to the Woodland Website:
Click on High School
Click on High School Library
On the Far left you’ll see “Ebsco” (click on it)
AND THEN…

9. Magazine (Ebscohost): And then…
Click on EBSCOhost Web
Now under “choose a database” click the most appropriate database for your research (the more the better is NOT better) so BE PICKY!
AND THEN?

10. Magazine (Ebscohost): And then…
Click the button…
NOW this is Very Important click on the “FULL TEXT” check-box
NOW in the box that is next to the word “find” you type in your “keywords” for the search
“Football” and “Troy Aikman”
Hit the “search” button and away you go!

11. Magazine (Ebscohost): And then…
You should see something like this…
1.CBS earns passing grade on Super Bowl coverage By: Michael Hiestand. USA Today, 02/05/2007; (AN J0E ) HTML Full Text
Click on the “title” or the words “HTML Full Text” to get to the article

12. Source Cards
Internet
Author or editor Last name, first name. Web site title. Date of publication of site. <Internet address>.
Beals, Gerry. Thomas Edison’s Home Page <
Internet

13. Reliability on the Internet
Reliable sources on the internet will always include an “author”, a “date”, and should always be “cross referenced”
“Cross referenced” means you check the information with info from another web site.

14. Note Cards
RULES:
Write a “direct quote” word-for-word
Always record the “page number”
A “direct quote” is the information you are getting from a source. The “direct quote” should answer one of your “research questions.”
You need to record the “page number” from your source because you will need this when you “cite” your information in your paper.

15. Note Cards Continued… A sample for you… Inventions
The page number
The “Direct Quote”
“The most famous of his inventions was an incandescent light bulb.” Pg 89
Inventions

16. Dewey he’s the man…
Use the “Dewey Decimal System” and the “Cat-5” to find your “non-fiction” book.
DDS = categorize books by a number system
Cat-5 = Online Catalogue of books 5

17. …and then? Outlines Citing in Writing and the Rough Draft Works Cited
Title Page
Final Production or Final Draft

18. Outline
The research paper “outline” should be easy to organize…if your note cards are organized.
The outline for the body will be easy to write…it may be that the “Intro” and “Conclusion” will be more difficult
The “Intro” and “Conclusion” are… YOUR OWN WORDS…NO CITATIONS!!

19. Citing in Writing: What you Need
Note Cards
Source Cards
From the “Note Cards” you need the “Direct Quote” and “page number”
From the “Source Cards” you need the “Authors Last Name”

20. Citing in Writing: The Cards
Jose, Matthew. Edison: A Biography. Portland: Wiley,
School Library
“The most famous of his inventions was an incandescent light bulb.” Pg 89
Inventions
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