Benchmark Source Cards, Data Cards and Citations

Source vs. Data Cards Source Cards Use your articles Book Internet Articles Periodicals (magazines or newspapers) Use packet to find how to do these cards Data Cards Read and use information to create Direct Quotes Paraphrases

Source Cards Source Letter Skip a line. Write information like samples in packet. Skip lines and use reverse indentation by tabbing each line.

Sample Source Card A Jones, John. “Fall of Society.” The Night Watchman August elibrary. LLC Proquest. Santa Fe High School School. Web. 15 February 2010 You add the elibrary. LLC Proquest. Santa Fe High School. Information if you downloaded the information from elibrary.

Source Card “Open Forum Accounts for Campus Budget Concerns.” PolyCentric/Campus News. Cal Poly Pomona. 22 March Web. 27 March A. If does not have an author, Start with the title

Source Card Information Use the packet with samples Source might not have author, use title of article Second source will be B, third C, etc. Must have a minimum of 5 sources, and 5 source cards

Data Card Information 3 types: Direct Quote Paraphrase Use packet for format All data on card must be found on matching source

Data Cards—Four Corners Main Idea/Title of card Source letter/Card# Skip a line and write information (data) from a source. Do not skip lines. Do not reverse indent. For “direct quote”, add extra line like below. * I will use this information to show/prove that… Include the Speaker and title of who stated quote (Citation) Type of Card

Sample Data Card Television Effects A1 According to….Speaker: Dr. Charles Davis Position: Research Professor at Stanford University “Before the television was invented, 1 out of 15 children was considered overweight. In 2005, 50 years after the television became affordable, the number has jumped to 1 out of 5.” Real quote from article. Finish this thought. Speaker and title. * I will use this information to show that childhood obesity is linked to television watching. (Jones 18). Direct Quote

Data Card - Quote “Because Cal Poly Pomona’s financial team had recognized a possible economic downturn three years ago, the university began preparing for reduced spending. Thanks to that foresight, the university is in a better financial situation than some other state agencies.” (“Open” 56) Quote A3 Possible economic downturn This quote explains that the university took precautions so that an economic downturn would not make a huge impact on the university. According to Michael Ortiz, University President

Data Card - Paraphrase The university is in a stable position right now because of pre-planning. It realized that tough economic times were possible and began saving while other institutions were spending. There actions were critical in helping with the future planning of the school and it’s funding. The steps that were taken helped prepared them for the difficult economic challenges the lay ahead. (“Open” 78)Paraphrase A1 Stable position now Put in your own words so you can transfer directly to your paper!

Citations Book: Author’s last name and pg number (Jones 18) Internet with no author or pages: use FIRST big word in title of article: (“Fall” 34) (Jones 18) (“Fall” 34)

Citations Continued Internet with author: use author’s last name (Jones 29) Encyclopedia: use topic looked up and pg # (“Television” 384) (Jones 29) (“Television” 384)

Interview: use interviewees last name and no page number (Jacobs)

Data Cards: Rules for Direct Quotes

Rules of Paraphrasing

Guidelines Choose a passage that is large or full of a lot of info (a big paragraph) Don’t choose a passage that is already short and easy to understand

Guidelines Read the passage a few times Ask yourself “What is the essence of this passage?” or “What is this passage saying?”

Guidelines Change Key vocabulary Replace $25 words Get rid of fluff Words or phrases that can be omitted w/o affecting the meaning of the passage Keep names, dates, places or other info. that is important to the overall meaning of the passage

Guidelines Change the order of information Do not use the same combination of words as in the original text

Guidelines Make the passage shorter and easier to understand (simplify) Do all of this w/o losing the original meaning of the passage