Preparing Source Cards
BOOK What information do I need? 1.Author’s Name 2.Title of Book 3.City of Publication 4.Name of Publishing Company 5.Year of Publication (copyright)
Source: Book Title
Source: Book Author
Title Publishing Company Author
City of Publication Copyright Date
What should my book source card look like? Information: –Source Number: 1 (it is the first source you are using) –Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants –Author: Ann Brashares –Publisher: Delacorte Press –City of Publication: New York –Copyright Date: Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. New York: Delacorte Press, Print.
Create a book source card! Copyright Date: 1991 Title: Boy’s Life City of Publication: New York Author: Robert McCammon Publisher: Pocket Books
How did you do? 1 McCammon, Robert. Boy’s Life. New York: Pocket Books, Print.
What if the book has more than one author? What information do I need? –Title –Authors –City of Publication –Publishing Company –Copyright Date
What does my source card look like? Title: I’m Gonna Like Me Authors: Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell City of Publication: not known Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books Copyright Date: Curtis, Jamie Lee, and Laura Cornell. I’m Gonna Like Me. n.p.: Joanna Cotler Books, Print.
What if my source is a website? What information do I need? Author’s Name (if given) Title of Article Website Address Month and Year of Access Copyright Date Publishing Organization
Create a website source card! See page 12 of the RRG Author’s Name: Tom Price Title of Article: Reforming Big-Time College Sports Website Address: Month and Year of Access: Now Copyright Date: February 2008 Title of web page: CQ Researcher Online Publishing Organization: Honolulu Community College
How did you do? Price, Tom. "Reforming Big-Time College Sports.” The CQ Researcher Online. Honolulu Community College, June Web. 8 Feb
What if Power Library is my source? What information do I need? Author (if present) Title of article Title of publication (Newsweek; Time) Date of publication Pages Title of database (Biography Reference Bank; History Reference Center) Database publisher (i.e. EBSCO; Gale; Wilson, etc.) Date accessed
Create a Power Library source card! See page 13 of RRG Author: Adrian Campo-Flores Title of article: The Most Dangerous Gang in America Title of the database: EBSCO Title of web site: The CQ Researcher Online Date of publication: March 28, 2005 Title of publication: Newsweek Date Accessed: February 8, 2010
How did you do? Campo-Flores, Adrian. “The Most Dangerous Gang in America.” Newsweek 28 Mar. 2005: Student Research Center. Web. 8 February
What if my source is an encyclopedia? See page 10 RRG Author (if given) Title Book title Year and edition
Create your own encyclopedia source card. Title of Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia Americana Edition: 2005 Title of Article: Eleanor Roosevelt
How did you do? 6 “Eleanor Roosevelt.” The Encyclopedia Americana ed. Print.