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An Astonishing Presentation on the subject of. bib cards. Really Known As Preliminary Bibliography Cards. 10 th Grade Honors English. To Begin With, Here Are the Basics Of The Research Paper Assignment. Final paper will be 3-5 (+?) pages
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An Astonishing Presentation on the subject of bib cards Really Known AsPreliminary Bibliography Cards 10th Grade Honors English
To Begin With, Here Are the Basics Of The Research Paper Assignment • Final paper will be 3-5 (+?) pages • Paper will be word-processed and formatted according to all instructions • Paper will 1. Contain a thesis of your own 2. Contain arguments of your own 3. Will frequently refer to your main work 4. And will be supported by evidence from your secondary sources: there MUST be a minimum of three (3) outside sources in the paper
The Steps: An Overview • Select main work (primary source) • Do a preliminary bibliographical survey to see what secondary sources are available based on a starting, formula thesis • Take notes on both main work and the secondary sources using the formula thesis as a guide • Revise the thesis as often as necessary • Create an outline • Write the rough draft • Write and turn in the final paper
Materials Needed • 3 x 5 index cards • 4x 6 index cards • Toner, disks, paper, etc. • A fanatic’s organization skills • A saint’s patience • A writer’s desire for challenge
Some Useful Terminology • Primary source=the MAIN WORK (novel, play, poetry) you have chosen to write about • Secondary sources=comments by literary critics, book reviewers, others, ABOUT your main work or about issues related to it • Anthology=A book that has an editor who has selected many secondary sources for you and packaged them in one book for you. That is, the book contains 10-15 critical essays. • Critical essay= An article, book review, in which a professor, reporter, etc., gives his/her theories about the main work or the author
What’s A Bibliography Card? • Just a 3 x 5 index card • But it contains all of the information necessary to find a single book, magazine, online page, etc., when you take notes • And the information needed to write an entry in the final Works Cited List of your paper • In other words, these cards are “keepers”--you will add to them and use them through the whole process
Why Do Bib Cards Now? • To know NOW if there’s enough information available about a work you are considering making your project • To become familiar with what’s out there--all scholars do a literature search first • To evaluate if there will be too much competition for materials • To search NOW so that you can concentrate on the notetaking later
What’s An “Illegal” source? • Any source your instructor bans! • Cliff Notes or its kin • Masterplots • Another research paper, online or otherwise • Encyclopedia articles • Gale Literature Resource Center Overviews
Basic Book Format Main work Sample Bib Card Location Bib Card # Stinebaugh 1 1 Author Anderson, Sherwood. Winesburg, Ohio. New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 1992. Print. Title City, Pub, Date, Medium
Basic Book Format Sample Bib Card Call # and Bib Card # Location 712 Jac 2 PHS Author Jacobs, Wilbur R. Benjamin Franklin, Philosopher Or Materialist. USA: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1998. Print. Title City, Pub, Date, Medium
Book with two or more authors Sample Bib Card Call # and Bib Card # Location 710 SMI LCCC 3 Author Smith, Carl and John Weber. Exploring Gothic Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985. Print. Title City, Pub, Date, Medium
Book in a series with numbered volumes Sample Bib Card Call # and Bib Card # Location REF PHS 4 Editors Marowski, Daniel G. and Roger Matuz, editors. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 52. Detroit:Gale Research, Inc., 1989. Print. Title City, Pub, Date, Medium
Book in a series with titled volumes: critical anthologies, for example Sample Bib Card Call # and Card # Location PHS/Access 25 Editor Bloom, Harold, editor. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Modern Critical Interpretations series. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Print. Title Series Title City, Pub, Date, Medium
Other Series That May Be Useful • Twentieth Century Interpretations Of • Twentieth Century Views • Modern Literature monographs • Twayne’s U.S. Authors • Contemporary Authors In Christian Perspective • Major Literary Characters (Bloom) • Critical Essays on American Literature • Modern Critical Views
Other Books That May Be Useful • Books discussing American literature in general (thematically or historically). For example, Leslie Fiedler’s Love And DeathIn The American Novel • A literary dictionary or two (for definitions of terms such as “realism” • Magill’s Survey Of series (Poetry, Drama, Science Fiction) Look here for info about a genre--sci fi, gothicism, etc. • Critical editions of your main work • “Back Door” sources such as a psychology text (for facts about alcoholism, for example)
Book with an edition number Sample Bib Card Call # and Card # Location REF Cedar Crest 13 Editor Abrams, M.H., editor. A Glossary Of Literary Terms, sixth edition. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Publishers, 1993. Print. Title/edition City, Pub, Date, Medium
Book with an edition number Sample Bib Card Call # and Card # Location LCCC 14 Editor Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, critical edition. Carlos Majors, editor. New York: Harcourt Brace Publishers, 1993. Print. Title/edition City, Pub, Date, Medium
General Circulation Magazine/ Newspaper Article Sample Bib Card Location Bib Card # Cedar Crest 15 Author Smith, John. “Honest, Pocahontas Did Save My Life.” Early Time. March 2, 1609: 30-35. Print Title Name Date Pages Medium
Previously Published Essay Reprinted in a Collection Sample Bib Card Bib Card # Location Original Author PHS 32 REF Roberts, Sheila. Essay “A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith.” Title World Literature Written in English. City ,Pub, Date, Page New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994. 232-238. Title Rpt. In Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402. Print. Editor. Vol. # City ,Pub, Date, Page, Medium
ProfessionalMagazine or Scholarly Journal Article Sample Bib Card Bib Card # Location PHS 40 Author Schulten, Katherine. “Huck Finn: Born To Trouble.” English Journal 89 ( November, 1999): 55-59. Print. Title Name/ Date/ Pages, Medium
Other Useful Journals • American Literature • College English • PMLA • Lots of others--see Ebsco
Online reference service Sample Bib Card Bib Card # Location 58 Online Author Bruner, Belinda. “Pedagogy of the undressed: Sherwood Anderson’s Kate Swift.” Studies in Short Fiction 36.4 (1999); 361+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. Title Original pub information Service Date of Access
Your Assignment • Date due____________________ • Find at least 10 potentially useful and available sources of information for your paper and create a bibliography card for each • Card 1 MUST be a card for your main work (primary source)
Assignment Continued • You may enter one biography of your author • You may enter one literary dictionary • The rest should be cards to books, magazines, newspapers, or approved online sources such as Gale (At least 5 must be print resources) • Up to 2 cards may be to trial websites you believe will be useful and want permission to use
Congratulations! You have completed another step of your research paper