Bibliography (source) cards:

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Bibliography (source) cards

• The who, what, where, and when of sources.

Adapted from source Hacker, Diana. Working with
Sources Exercises to Accompany Rules for
Writers. 6th edition. Boston Bedford/St.
Martins, 2008.
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Tips and Advice

• 10 required on 3x5 colored index cards
• Use a pen and write legibly.
• Let the information word wrap.
• Second lines and after of each source should be
  indented (hanging indent).
• If a certain piece of information (such as the
  author or date last updated) is missing, skip
  that portion and continue on.
• If more than one city/year is listed, use the
  closest one to your location.
• Put your name on the back of each card.

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Book Source Card Format

• Source card Call number

Authors Last Name, First Name MI. Article
Title. Book Title. City Publisher, Year.



Student Comments (page numbers, location)
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Book Source Card Example
1 909.09 T888M
Tuchman, Barbara W. The March of Folly
From Troy to Vietnam. New York Knopf,
1984.


SPHS library p. 36-49 (Trojan War chapter)
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Encyclopedia Source Card Format
Source card
Authors Last Name, First Name MI. Article
Title. Encyclopedia Title. Edition. Date.




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Encyclopedia Source Card Example
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Art, Robert J. United Nations. World Book.
2001 ed.




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Magazine Source Card Format
Source card
Last, First MI. Article Title. Magazine Title.
Day Month (abbreviated) Year page-page.




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Magazine Source Card Example
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Kincaid, James R. Purloined Letters. New
Yorker. 20 Jan. 1997 93-97.




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Internet Source Card Format
Source card
Authors Last name, First Name MI. Article
Title. Date published. Web page Title.
Editors name. Sponsors name. Date last
updated. Access date ltURL addressgt.


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Internet Source Card Example
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Gray, Terry A. A Shakespeare Timeline.
1998. Mr. William Shakespeare and the
Internet. Ed. Terry A. Gray. 28 Oct. 2003.
6 May 2004 lthttp//shakespeare.palomar.
edu/timeline/timeline.htmgt.

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Mentor source card format
Source card
Mentors Last Name, First Name MI. Type of
interview. Day Month (abbreviated) Year.




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Mentor source card example
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Smith, John R. Personal Interview. 5 Mar.
2008.