MLA P OWER P OINT B IBLIOGRAPHY AND N OTE C ARDS How to create electronic source cards and notecard.

I NSTRUCTIONS This PowerPoint outlines the use of electronic note taking techniques you will use for your research project.

I NSTRUCTIONS “Electronic bibliography cards” and note-cards can easily be sorted by going to “view” and choosing “slide sorter”. Highlight and drag “cards” into the order needed. This helps you create an outline easily and quickly.

I NSTRUCTIONS You may print out cards as individual pages, or choose handouts on the print screen to print several to a page. It is also easier to copy and paste direct quotes. Your source is easily identified for citation purposes.

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Every time you choose a source, make a source card. You can complete your MLA citation using an online bibliography creator like bibme.org or easybib.com:

S ETTING UP YOUR CITATION Directions for creating citations for your cards using bibme.org and easybib.com

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Choose Website Paste the URL into the space provided Click Load info or Cite this

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Click Add to My Bibliograph y or Click Create Citation Bibme.org Easybib.com

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Copy citation Bibme.org Easybib.com

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS – S AMPLE SOURCE CITATION Stovall, James G.. Writing for the Mass Media (7th Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2008.

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Choose one of these 2 layouts for your cards:

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS Once you have the citation, copy it and paste it into a slide at the top or on the side, depending on the layout you have chosen. Note: the split screen option tends to be easier.

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS – S AMPLE SOURCE CITATION – SPLIT SCREEN Stovall, James G.. Writing for the Mass Media (7th Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2008.

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS This will serve as a source card. Now, when you take notes, you will simply make a duplicate slide and put your notes under the source.

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS – SAMPLE NOTECARDS Stovall, James G.. Writing for the Mass Media (7th Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Sampling first gained hold as musical practice called “dub”, created by Jamaican musicians in the 1960s. (p.202)

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS – SAMPLE NOTECARDS – SPLIT SCREEN Stovall, James G.. Writing for the Mass Media (7th Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Sampling first gained hold as musical practice called “dub”, created by Jamaican musicians in the 1960s. (p.202)

S ETTING UP YOUR CARDS BY TOPIC As you take notes, you can use the header of the slide to identify the subject/topic of your note for sorting into an outline later.

T OPIC : S AMPLING Stovall, James G.. Writing for the Mass Media (7th Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Sampling first gained hold as musical practice called “dub”, created by Jamaican musicians in the 1960s. (p.202)

S ORTING C ARDS You can later sort your cards according to topic to create an outline.

S ORTING S LIDES At the bottom of the PowerPoint screen, click on the 2 nd viewer. It is the one that has 4 panes to represent slides. The Screen will look like this:

S ORTING C ARDS Click on the slide you want to move. It will be outlined. Simply drag the slide where you want it in your outline. (You can also drag the slide on the left side of the viewer window, but this sometimes is more difficult.)

M AKING A N O UTLINE On the left side of your screen, if you click “outline” you will see the slides in outline format.

S AVING AN O UTLINE Go to file, click print. Choose Outline from the drop down menu under Print What.

S AVING AN O UTLINE AS A PDF FILE. Instead of printing, click on PDF, choose save as PDF.

S AVING AN O UTLINE AS A PDF FILE. Choose Use.pdf. You now have a saved outline.