100 likes | 198 Views
Researching with the Notecard Method. i -Search Paper. Source Cards. What is a source card? Cards with bibliographical information Purpose: help you track your sources. Source Cards. What information do you need on a source card? Upper left corner: Your name
E N D
Researching with the Notecard Method i-Search Paper
Source Cards • What is a source card? • Cards with bibliographical information • Purpose: help you track your sources
Source Cards • What information do you need on a source card? • Upper left corner: Your name • Upper right corner: A letter • Source A, Source B, Source C, etc. • Middle: Citation in MLA format • Lower left corner: Type of source
Heather Jeffers A Bermuda Triangle Exposed. Dir. Robert M. Wise. Perf. J.V. Martin. Discovery Channel, n.d. Netflix. Video - Documentary
Information Cards • What is an information card? • Cards with the notes from your sources • Direct quotes or paraphrased • Purpose: help you easily organize information
Information Cards • What information do you need on an information card? • Upper left corner: Your name • Upper right corner: The letter or the corresponding source card • Upper right corner: Number of info card • Topic/Main Idea of the information • Quotation or Paraphrase of info • Bottom left corner: Page number
Heather Jeffers B 3 History of the Bermuda Triangle “Christopher Columbus wrote in his log about bizarre compass bearings in the area.” Page 1
Steps for Researching • Find a source • Evaluate your source • Is this source credible? • Is the information useful in answering my research question(s)? • Create source card • Break source down into smaller pieces/topics and create information cards
Steps for Researching • Start with databases! • Only after searching databases should you expand your research to the internet • Consider documentaries • red box, netflix, amazon prime, youtube, etc. • Sources from at least two mediums