Source Cards. Source cards tell where you found your information. They help you find sources again if you need them.

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2 Source Cards Source cards tell where you found your information. They help you find sources again if you need them. You will use your source cards to write your Works Cited page. Make sure to use the proper format on your source cards.

3 Source Cards Tips and Hints Write only one source on each card. Number the source in the top right-hand corner of each card. Each source will have a different number. Write the call number in the upper left hand corner. If you want to remember the web address, write the URL address of the website at the bottom of the card. Pay close attention to all of your punctuation!!!

4 More Tips and Hints When making your source cards, underline all items that are italicized when typing. All source cards will have a hanging indentation when your citation information is long enough to go on to the next line. The format for your Source Cards in the same as the format for your Works Cited page, except that you do not put the call number on your Works Cited page, and titles are italicized rather than underlined when typing. Compile your sources in alphabetical order by author s last name to create your Works Cited page.

5 Book: Call Number Source #1 Author s last name, first name. Title of the Book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date. Print. italicized city most recent format

6 Tam Source #1 Tames, Richard. The 1950 s. London: Sea-to-Sea, Print.

7 Encyclopedia or Dictionary Call Number Source #2 Author of the Article Last Name, First Name. Title of the Article. Title of the Encyclopedia. Edition used. Year of Publication. Print. format italicized in quotations

8 Sample Encyclopedia Source Card Source #2 Ada Adams, Susan. Salem Witch Trials. World Book Encyclopedia. 2 nd ed Print.

9 Website Source #3 Author s Last name, First. Title of the work. Title of the overall Website. Edition used. Publisher or sponsor of the site, Date of electronic publication. Web. Date of access. URL address Date you looked at it Date published electronically

10 Sample Website Source Card Source #3 Linder, Douglas. The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A Commentary. Famous Trials. University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, March Web. 20 Oct

11 Let s Practice: 1 Bo Jackson. Grolier s Encyclopedia Print. Who is the author of this article? What is the name of the article? How do you know? What kind of source is it? How do you know?

12 Check yourself: A book by Lawrence David Kusche entitled, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved. Published in the year 1975 in New York City by Harper and Row publishers. 2 Kusche, Lawrence David. The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved. New York: Harper and Row, Print.

13 An encyclopedia article from the 1978 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia called The Bermuda Triangle. The author of the article is Robert F. Burgess. 3 Burgess, Robert F. The Bermuda Triangle. World Book Encyclopedia Print.

14 A website called Bermuda Triangle. The author of the website is Michael Smith. You saw the website on October 20, The title of the work is Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. The website was published February 28, The publisher is the University of Oklahoma. The website address is < 4 Smith, Michael. Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. Bermuda Triangle. University of Oklahoma, February Web. 20 Oct <

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16 General Guidelines Use cards of the same size and style (4x6 index cards). Place the first word of the Source Card and the page number of your source in the upper right hand corner of the note card. Use abbreviations and phrases. Place all verbatim (word-for-word) notes in quotation marks. Place a descriptive heading at the top of each card to indicate the main idea. Work each source into your own thinking before you take notes on it to avoid plagiarism.

17 Sample Note Card Witch Hunts From Linder 26 The witches disappeared, but witch hunting in America did not. Each generation must learn the lessons of history or risk repeating its mistakes. Salem should warn us to think hard about how to best safeguard and improve our system of justice.