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Source Note-taking

Source Note-taking. How to use index cards to take notes on your sources. Why do note cards?. It is useful to take notes on index cards because it gives you the flexibility to change the order of your notes and group them together easily.

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Source Note-taking

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  1. Source Note-taking How to use index cards to take notes on your sources

  2. Why do note cards? • It is useful to take notes on index cards because it gives you the flexibility to change the order of your notes and group them together easily. • You can buy a few packages of 3x5 index cards at most drugstores or stationery stores. • They will help you to: • identify the sources of quotations and ideas for citing your sources later (giving credit to your sources). • find sources again if you need them. • make your works cited (a list of the sources from which you used borrowed material in your project).

  3. How do I create note cards? • Write the heading of the note at the top of each note card. • The heading will be the main idea of the note you are writing on the card • The heading may correspond to your categories/sub-categories from your initial outline • Write only one main point on a note card • Only write information directly related to your question/thesis statement. • Write only essential words, abbreviate when possible. • Be accurate: double check direct quotes and statistics.

  4. Creation of note cards continued… • Identify direct quotes with quotation marks and the person's name. • Bracket your own words [ ] when you add them into a quote. • Use ellipsis points (...) where you leave out non-essential words from a quote. • Distinguish between 'fact' and 'opinion.’ • Opinions are not to be used AT ALL in research papers • Therefore, write only FACTS on your note cards • Include the source's number on the card • Write the page number of the source after the note. • Use the word 'over' to indicate information on the back of the card.

  5. Sample Note Card

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