1 / 6

Research Papers

Research Papers. Notecards. Taking Notes. Summary: a brief restatement of only the most important points of a source Paraphrase: restates a source’s ideas completely and is, therefore, about the same length as the original Direct Quotation: the writer’s exact words inside quotation marks.

julie
Download Presentation

Research Papers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Research Papers Notecards

  2. Taking Notes • Summary: a brief restatement of only the most important points of a source • Paraphrase: restates a source’s ideas completely and is, therefore, about the same length as the original • Direct Quotation: the writer’s exact words inside quotation marks

  3. Taking Notes • How do I know what to write? • Write down facts, statistics, examples, comparisons, and quotations that help answer your research question. • If you’re debating whether something is important enough to write down, ask yourself these 2 questions. If you answer “yes” to both, write it down! • Does the information relate to my research question? • Will the information interest my audience or give them a clearer understanding of my topic?

  4. Making Notecards • What to write on your index card: • The source number (in the upper right-hand corner). If you took the notes from source #2, put a #2 in the corner. • A category. • Your notes. Summarize, paraphrase, or quote directly. • The page number(s) (at the bottom).

  5. Making Notecards • Categories: • Label each card with a category that tells the type of information it provides. • When you find information about the same part of your topic, you will give it the same category label. • Example: 761st Tank Battalion student used these categories: Background, Training, Early Battles, Later Battles.

  6. Sample Notecard Students are arrested Source #1 In February 1943, the students were seen handing out pamphlets by a janitor at the University of Munich. He reported the students to the Gestapo. Page 2

More Related