1. Preparing Source Cards

2. 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)

3. Source: Book Title

4. Source: Book Author

5. Title Publishing Company Author

6. City of Publication Copyright Date

7. 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: 2001 1 Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. Print.

8. Create a book source card! Copyright Date: 1991 Title: Boy’s Life City of Publication: New York Author: Robert McCammon Publisher: Pocket Books

9. How did you do? 1 McCammon, Robert. Boy’s Life. New York: Pocket Books, 1991. Print.

10. What if the book has more than one author? What information do I need? –Title –Authors –City of Publication –Publishing Company –Copyright Date

11. 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: 2002 2 Curtis, Jamie Lee, and Laura Cornell. I’m Gonna Like Me. n.p.: Joanna Cotler Books, 2002. Print.

12. 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

13. 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: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher Month and Year of Access: Now Copyright Date: February 2008 Title of web page: CQ Researcher Online Publishing Organization: Honolulu Community College

14. How did you do? Price, Tom. "Reforming Big-Time College Sports.” The CQ Researcher Online. Honolulu Community College, June 2008. Web. 8 Feb. 2010..

15. 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

16. 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

17. How did you do? Campo-Flores, Adrian. “The Most Dangerous Gang in America.” Newsweek 28 Mar. 2005: 22-25. Student Research Center. Web. 8 February 2010. 5

18. What if my source is an encyclopedia? See page 10 RRG Author (if given) Title Book title Year and edition

19. Create your own encyclopedia source card. Title of Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia Americana Edition: 2005 Title of Article: Eleanor Roosevelt

20. How did you do? 6 “Eleanor Roosevelt.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 2005 ed. Print.