CARP Note Cards

1. CARP Note Cards Your CARP Recipe

2. Requirements • 40 3X5 note cards from… • At least five sources • One book (print!) • One article—scholarly, academic! • Three other sources (Internet, interviews, documentaries, etc.)

3. Credibility • All notes must be from reliable, credible, complex sources • I will deduct beaucoup points if I deem a source inadequate…so if you’re not sure about a source, you should probably find something better. • Off limits: • Wikipedia • About.com • Answers.yahoo.com • Encyclopedias • Heroesandkillers.com • Textbooks • Most blogs (Blogs are often purely opinion-based, so it is best to avoid them). • Refer to Evaluating Sources Handout (on Quia)

4. What to look for • Answers to your research question • Your paper has to be argumentative, so you should look for information that helps you make an argument. • For example, if you are answering a question about the influence of someone or something, you should find notes about the many influences of this person/thing, especially the influences that seem the most prominent/important. • If you are answering a question about why someone or something should be remember, you should take notes on the many characteristics of this person/thing, especially characteristics that seem the most memorable/important.

5. What to write on a note card • Record information that will help you build your argument. • One key fact or quote per note card. • Find a diverse spread of information so you have a lot to work with. You may not end up using everything in your actual paper. • Paraphrase information. • Use direct quotes sparingly—only when the rhetorical value of the quote supersedes the information itself. • Be sure to take notes from at least five sources, fitting the aforementioned criteria.

6. Sample Note Card • Sub-Topic (Categorization) (Source Page #) • Notes:

7. Also turn in a Works Cited Page • Please refer to Marinating Your Carp handout • You are responsible for using this handout, as well as the OWL at Purdue Website, to correctly format citations. • On your note cards, you need to include correct parenthetical citations—which usually consist of the author’s last name and page number. • The Works Cited Page MUST be formatted properly and must include all the sources referenced in your note cards.

8. A few Works Cited tidbits • The title of the page is centered, but not underlined or italicized • Do NOT use a complete MLA heading on your Works Cited Page. All you need is your last name and page number in the upper right-hand corner. • Use a hanging indent: Paragraph—special—hanging • Sources should be alphabetized. • Double-space the page. • General OWL Works Cited info: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ • Along left-hand side of page, find your source type (Book, Periodical, Electronic) and format accordingly. More guidelines for the Works Cited to come tomorrow.

9. Note Card Rubric • 40 cards filled with meaningful, relevant, specific, organized, cited information that is clearly leading toward an answer to the research question ….20 pts. • MUST be formatted properly. Please refer to this PowerPoint and/or the CARP packet. • Works Cited present, in correct MLA format; all sources are of adequate quality; all sources are used on cards …5 pts. • MUST be formatted properly. Please refer to OWL at Purdue and Marinating Your Carp. • Total: 25 pts.