1. Notecards and Research A Survival Guide

2. The topic has been chosen Now what?

3. Getting started: Get index cards…many index cards. Locate your sources. Make a bibliography card for each one. Uniquely identify each source by the color of the index card.

4. Book Bibliography Card Title Author(s) Publication Information Year City, State Company

5. Example United States History: Beginnings to 1877 Deverell and White 2013 Orlando, Florida Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

6. Website Bibliography Card Title of website Complete html or http address Author(s) [If applicable] Article Title [If applicable] Date accessed

7. Example History.com www.history.com/topics/9-11-timeline 9/11: Timeline of Events September 20, 2012

8. Taking notes Write one, and only one, fact or piece of information on the card. Remember to include the page number on which it is found. Continue until the source is exhausted. Move on to another source.

9. One fact from this particular source Be sure to indicate the page number

10. “In the fifties before Elvis there was no rock and roll. On the radio white singers sang romantic songs or cute songs… In small clubs, black singers were performing rhythm and blues, or R & B.” Page 2

11. It’s time to create your entry Make an outline for your paper or script. Design the layout for your exhibit or web site. Create a storyboard for your documentary.

12. This is easily done by putting your index cards in the order you wish to present your entry. If you change your mind, just change the order of your index cards.

13. Everything should be so simple!!!