USING NOTE CARDS FOR RESEARCH.notebook
July 18, 2013
USING NOTE CARDS TO ORGANIZE CITATIONS
*The purpose of using note cards is to organize citations so that cited information is accurate and in MLA format.
*Using note cards helps to identify areas of similar research and ultimately helps to organize thoughts before placing them into paper.
*Use the following format to create note cards for your topic.
You will learn how to use a slug and correct cited information to create note cards correctly.
Mar 22­8:05 PM
*Slugs are placed in the top left corner as a title or category name about what the subject of the cited information will be. **Each card must have a unique slug. Even if you have more than one note card that talks about bullying statistics , find a way to signify and distinguish each citation separately. This will make it easier for you to find what you need later.
1 of 17 harassed
According to the article "Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying" from Media Violence magazine, "In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire study found that one out of every 17 kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online."
Mar 22­8:19 PM
*In the right hand corner you put the source information provided (author, page number, title,)
1 of 17 harassed "Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying"
According to the article "Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying" from Media Violence magazine, "In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire study found that one out of every 17 kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online."
Mar 22­8:58 PM
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USING NOTE CARDS FOR RESEARCH.notebook
July 18, 2013
*Put your source citation in the middle of the note card.
Make sure to skip spaces with your citation. Use author and page number if you have it. If not, just use the author. If you do no have an author at all, then use the title of the article or web page in quotation marks within the parenthesis.
*Remember to use correct punctuation with citations. Use quotation marks for direct quotes, and always use a period on the outside of the parenthesis.
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1 out of 17
"Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying"
According to the article "Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying" from Media Violence magazine, "In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire study found that one out of every 17 kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online."
Jan 2­07:38
In order to help you format your citations correctly, create note cards with citations that use attribution for the first time use and also without attribution for second time use. This means you will have 2 note cards for each citation
. In order to make it easier, you may label attribution ones with A.
1 of 17 harassed
"Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying"
"In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire study found that one out of every 17 kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online" ("Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying").
ATTRIBUTION
Mar 22­9:17 PM
On the back of each note card, write down how you can use the citation in your paper as a way to prove your thesis. Think: how would the citation work in your paper? What would it prove? How would you use it and organize it? This is an important step in the planning process.
This statistic shows the large number of students who were facing instances of cyber bullying in 2000, which has most likely grown in the last 13 years. Mar 22­9:17 PM
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Also, you may number your printed sources and add the corresponding numbered source to the corner of your note card. This way you can easily find your source if you need to go back to it. 2
1 out of 17
"Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying" (2)
"In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire study found that one out of every 17 kids in the United States had been threatened or harassed online" ("Cyber­Bullying Is Worse than Physical Bullying").
Mar 19­7:42 PM
Apr 18­11:51 AM
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