1. How to Write Source Cards for Research Papers
The Research Paper

2. What is a Source Card?
A source card contains a source you plan to use to strengthen the statements in your paragraph.
Sources include the following:
Internet
Textbook (The Language of Literature)
Book (from the library)
Periodical/Magazine (from the library)
Research paper must have at least three different sources which will appear as WORKS CITED entries in the bibliography.

3. Sample Internet Source Card
"Macbeth." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 9 Dec Dec 2007 <
1. Author(s) 2. Name of web site 4. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site 3. Date last updated or created 5. Date of access 6. <electronic address>.

4. Sample Textbook Source Card
The Language of Literature. Evanston: McDougal Littell Pages
Title of Anthology (textbook). 
Edition (if applicable). 
Editor(s) name(s) listed Ed., then first name, then last.  City Published (include state if city is unfamiliar): Publisher. Copyright date (most recent).  Pages of selection

5. Sample Book Source Card
Frye, Northrop. Fools of Time: Studies in Shakespearean Tragedy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967.
Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

6. Sample Periodical Source Card
Kimbrough, Robert. "Macbeth: Prisoner of Gender," Shakespeare Studies. Vol.16 (1983), pp
Article Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal Title. Issue Number and or Volume (Publication Year): Pages of Article.