Research Paper Note Cards First Card? Source Card Waiters Schmid, Susan. "Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn." Student Resources in Context. Web. A Use easybib.com to get the correct citation information onto this first card (for each source) Author (last name first) Article title Source Location of source Source “A”= your first source
First NOTE CARD-Source A “scanty evidence for Anne's life makes it difficult for historians to write the sort of rich and complex biography” Use quotation marks if you are writing down the exact quotation from your source Window?displayGroupName=Journals&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=SUIC&action= e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA &mode=view A-1 Source “A”= your first source Card “1” = first card from this source Be sure to keep only one piece of information per card
Second NOTE CARD- Same Source A-2 Nobody knows much about Anne Boleyn’s life P Notice no quotation marks; this is not a direct quote. Does this information still have to be cited? YES! It’s not your original thought; you read it in your source. Write “P” at the end of the paraphrase, to remind yourself that it’s a paraphrase, not a quote.
Second SOURCE *Change color! B "Anne Boleyn: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources." EnglishHistory.net. Web. 25 Jan Source “B”= your second source Use easybib.com to get the correct citation information onto this first card (for each source) No Author on Source; skip that Article title Source Location of source Date of Access (free site)
B-1 Source “B”= your second source Card “1” = first card from this source *Remember to use quotation marks if it’s a direct quote— even part of a sentence! *Paraphrasing “ P Second Source / First Note Card from that Source
A-7 A-12 C-7 B-14 Organizing Your Note Cards A-3 The first piece of information you’ll use The second piece of information you’ll use