1. Research Notes
READ, THINK AND RECORD

2. Preparation Identify and develop topic
Find basic background information on your topic
Search databases using keywords
Read abstracts versus whole articles to determine articles relating to your thesis statement
Once you have found an article pertaining to your topic, READ, THINK AND RECORD!

3. Read, Think And Record
When you find a source you would like to use, create a source note card.
Think about the information from the source and what information best supports your thesis.
Source #1
Vecsey, George. “A Role Model For the Ages is Honored.” The New York Times. 16 Apr. 1997: B.11. Proquest. Web. 20 Apr

4. Robinson Influence/Role Model
Record
Utilize a direct quotation note card to quote part of the article. Be sure to include the speaker of the quote and any necessary introduction reminders.
Keep one idea on each card.
On the front, label the main idea
On the back, write the quotation, speaker and introduction information.
# p. B.11
Robinson Influence/Role Model
(front)
Speaker: George Vecsey, author
Intro: thoughts on Jackie Robinson while watching the Jackie Robinson day ceremony at Shea Stadium.
“I used to agree with the Charles Barkley commercial that role-model status was much too great a burden on somebody whose known contribution to society is jumping. But this anniversary reminded me that Jackie Robinson was a role model for a generation”
(back)

5. Quote Integration Quotation
Recently, sports journalist George Vecsey reflected on his experience of viewing a Jackie Robinson memorial baseball game at Shea stadium. He realized that his former ideas on athletes as role models had changed due to his experience at Shea: “I used to agree with the Charles Barkley commercial that role-model status was much too great a burden on somebody whose known contribution to society is jumping. But this anniversary reminded me that Jackie Robinson was a role model for a generation” (B11).

6. Paraphrase Integration
With the speaker included:
Recently, sports journalist George Vecsey reflected on his experience of viewing a Jackie Robinson memorial baseball game at Shea stadium. He formerly sided with others who believed the heavy responsibility of role models should not be placed on athletes; however, after being reminded of Jackie Robinson’s example, he now believes athletes are capable of this great calling (B11).
Without specific speaker information
There are critics who believe the heavy responsibility of role models should not be placed on athletes. Robinson refuted this argument by becoming a heroic example for his generation (Vecsey B11). By crossing the color barrier . . .

7. Giving Credentials
GIVING CREDENTIALS: When you quote or paraphrase specific speakers, you should . . .
Identify their full names
Give their CREDENTIALS!
In other words, who is this person and why should I believe what (s)he is saying?

8. Block Quotes
For quotations that extend to more than four lines of verse or prose: place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented one inch from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of the quotation by a half inch if you are citing multiple paragraphs. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks. (You should maintain double-spacing throughout your essay.) When citing long sections of poetry, keep formatting as close to the original as possible:
“MLA Formatting Quotations.” The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, Web. 28Apr
In his poem "My Papa's Waltz," Theodore Roethke explores his childhood with his father:
The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy; / But I hung on like death: / Such waltzing was not easy. / We Romped until the pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf; / My mother's countenance / Could not unfrown itself. (1-10)

9. Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action
Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May Web. 24 May Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May Web. 25 May Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May Web. 25 May Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June Web. 24 May GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, Web. 24 May Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): Print.