 Each time you use a source—that is, each time you take notes from a source—you need to create a source card. Use the colored cards for your source cards. All you’re doing with the source cards is writing down the information that will appear in your Works Cited. Each card will be numbered and will contain only one source.

 Why source cards?  You can throw the source card out if you decide not to use the source  You can easily put them into proper order for the Works Cited page   The order of information doesn’t matter on your Source Card…you may, however, find it easier to put the Works Cited information in proper order so that putting your Works Cited page together will be easier!  You can easily differentiate between similar sources you may have used

#4 Miller, Stacey. “How to Motivate Second Semester High School Seniors.” Secondary Educators Unite. 1 March National Council Teachers of English. 13 March Don’t forget the number! That will help you organize your note cards.

 The note cards are a bit different. Here, you’ll put little “nuggets” of research that you think you might be able to use in your paper. Each white index card will contain only a single unit of thought; that way, when you go to write your paper, you can physically manipulate/organize your thoughts as you develop your paper.

 Your note card will contain three different elements:  the number of your source (this way you can keep track of the information that corresponds with each source)  a “slug”—a brief description of the note’s content— usually ranges from a few words to a short phrase (not usually a complete sentence, you want to keep this short)  the note itself, which could be a direct quotation, a paraphrase, or a summary… Consider putting quotations over direct quotes, a P next to paraphrases, or SUM next to summaries. Make sure, however, you determining why you are making note of something. What’s the significance?

Source #4 % of FT in US “Fair trade coffee accounts for only 15% of the Western market.” (According to Joe Westerly, CEO of Starbucks) Page # (This number matches the number of your source.) (There’s my “slug”) Note: I’ve only written down a small piece of information. That’s the entire point. Now I can easily manipulate that when I work on my paper outline, and when I work on the writing itself. Keep each note to one unit of thought.

 Although note cards are required and will be graded, feel free to make electronic one if you prefer.  Word has notecard templates – you can save them on google drive along with your articles Or try  Or