Research Paper Note Cards

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Research Paper Note Cards

• Mrs. Schultz

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WHAT GOES ON A NOTE CARD?

• Information you did not know about your topic
  that you get from another source
• It can be a fact or statistic which backs up your
  claim
• It can be paraphrased or summarized information
  which backs up your claim

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Quotes/Statistics

• Use quotation marks on your notecards to show you
  are taking the words exactly from the source.
• Even if you are just using numbers or statistics
  you should put quotation marks to show you too
  the information exactly as is from the source

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Paraphrase/Summarizing

• Summarize (compress/shrink down) in your own
  words You still need to cite where you got the
  information
• Paraphrase - Translate and rewrite what the
  author is saying You still need to cite where
  you got the information   

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HOW TO TAKE ANOTHER AUTHORS INFORMATION??

• Paraphrase
• Summarize
• Quote
• DONT PLAGIARIZE!!!!

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PLAGIARISM

• It's like lip-synching to someone else's voice
  and accepting the applause and rewards for
  yourself.
• IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL!!! any time you
  take a writers words and use them as your own,
  you are plagiarizing

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Using another writers words as your own the
right way!

• Paraphrase/Summarize
• Quote
• Include your own thoughts about what the writer
  has to say
• ALWAYS GIVE THE CREDIT TO THE REAL AUTHOR!

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Writing Your Note-Cards
Bibliography Note-cards Topic Sentence
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
______________________________________
Card ______
Topic of Body Paragraph
1 topic Per Sheet
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________________
Name of source
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________________
Paraphrase, Summary,or Quote
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________________
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Stay organized

• In order to keep your ideas in order, and to
  remember where you found the ideas, there are
  four items that you should include on the
  note-card page.

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Four Items to include on your page
Topic Sentence ___________________________________
______
Topic
Where you found the information (book, website)
Education_________________________________________
______________________________ It takes four
years of college with a degree in aeronautical
engineering to become a pilot and two years of
flight training school.________________ __________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
___________________Pg 2__
Quote or Paraphrased information
Page where you found the information or the
date accessed.
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Source Title

• The source title is the name of the book,
  magazine, website, etc., in which you found the
  information.
• It should be placed in the boxes next to your
  notecards
• Label each and every notecard so that you are
  able to cite your source using MLA citation
  within your paper

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Page Numbers and Titles

• It is important to be accurate with the page
  numbers on your note cards, as you will need them
  for citations throughout your research paper.
• If you are using a website, you do not need the
  page number you need the name of the article
  (or if there is no article) the name of the
  website for your citations