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

Source Cards Encyclopedia Author Last name, First. “Subject Title.” Encyclopedia Name. Year of publication. Gold, John. “Edison, Thomas.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed. Classroom Don’t forget to indent

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.

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

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

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”

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

Magazine (Ebscohost): Easy to use, once you set it up right Go to the Woodland Website: www.woodland.k12.mo.us Click on High School Click on High School Library On the Far left you’ll see “Ebsco” (click on it) AND THEN…

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?

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!

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 J0E168755534107) HTML Full Text Click on the “title” or the words “HTML Full Text” to get to the article

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. 1999. <http://www.thomasedison.com> Internet

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!!

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”

Citing in Writing: The Cards Jose, Matthew. Edison: A Biography. Portland: Wiley, 1992. School Library “The most famous of his inventions was an incandescent light bulb.” Pg 89 Inventions <<<<<Source Card Note Card >>>>>>