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Note Cards

Note Cards. Senior Research Essay. What are Note Cards?. Note cards are used to record all source related information for your research paper. Once completed, they provide an easy way for students to organize all of their source material in one place.

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Note Cards

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  1. Note Cards Senior Research Essay

  2. What are Note Cards? Note cards are used to record all source related information for your research paper. Once completed, they provide an easy way for students to organize all of their source material in one place. They also allow students to focus on the writing of the actual paper without having to worry about where sources came from or finding and searching through multiple books.

  3. Tips to Remember • There must be both a label and source on each card. • Less is more – Just write down the important stuff. • When it comes to page numbers, dashes mean “to”, and commas mean “and” (51-58 or 34,46,52) • Any direct quote must be within quotation marks. • Do not continue information from one card to another. • Do not write on the back of cards. • Do not number cards

  4. Template Example – Basic Note Card Label • Information will be listed here in note form. It can, and often should, use: • Bullet points • Shorthand notes • Stats • Paraphrases • Source

  5. Completed Note Card - Book Health Complications - Mothers • Women over the age of 35 are twice as likely to experience serious medical issues during pregnancy: • Premature birth • Birth defects • Low birth weight Smith 78

  6. Direct Quotations Direct quotations can sometimes be useful in research papers. It is important to use direct quotations sparingly and properly cite them when doing so. • Quotations marks are required for direct quotes • They should only be used when they support your idea better than a paraphrase would. • Use ellipses (…) when you pick and choose selections of a quote. • Do not use direct quotations that are long.

  7. Completed Note Card – Book – Direct Quotation Emotional effect of the depression “The great depression did not just hurt people financially. It truly depressed the spirits of the country.” Howell 181

  8. Direct quotation with ellipsis Emotional effect of the depression “The great depression…truly depressed the spirits of the country.” Howell 181

  9. Indirect Quotes Crime in Chicago “Crime is up significantly since the mayor entered office in 2010.” (qtd. in Weisman 212)

  10. Completed Note Card - Website Disaster Odds Odds of being struck by lightning: 565,000 to 1. (Mitchell) Cnn.com 22 May 2012

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