Note Taking for Research When researching a topic for a class project, you usually need to use at least Current Issues and Enduring Questions, literary journals, books, Internet, and videos.

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Clipart.com Organizing Source Information Put source information on separate cards Example: Title and author : “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” From: Current Issues and Enduring Questions. Editors: Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. Publishing Information: Boston/New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, Pages:

Kevinspear.com Emphasize Arguments, By Using Specific Sources One example (Direct Quotation): Oscar Wilde satirizes London English schools during the Victorian era in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest, where he has Lady Bracknell say, "Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor square“ (475). Another Example (Paraphrasing): Oscar Wilde satirizes English upper class beliefs, as well as its schools, by having one of his Victorian characters in The Importance of Being Earnest talk about education being ineffectual. She further says that if the system were effective, it could lead the lower classes to revolution and chaos (475).

Last But Not Least List Sources in the References Page References Eliot, T.S.. “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. Boston/New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, Print.