Research Note Cards

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Research Note Cards

• What are the three types of note cards that you
  will use in your research paper?

paraphrase, summary, direct quotation
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Quotations

• must be identical to the original
• must match the source document word for word
• must be attributed to the original author

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• putting a passage from source material into your
  own words
• must also be attributed to the original source
• usually shorter than the original passage
• taking a somewhat broader segment of the source
  and condensing it slightly

Paraphrasing
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Summarizing

• putting the main idea(s) into your own words
• including only the main point(s)
• necessary to attribute summarized ideas to the
  original source
• significantly shorter
• than the original
• take a broad overview
• of the source material

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Identify the Type of Note Card
In his famous and influential work the
Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud argues
that dreams are the "royal road to the
unconscious" (page ), expressing in coded
imagery the dreamer's unfulfilled wishes through
a process known as the "dream-work" (page ).
According to Freud, actual but unacceheptable
desires are censored internally and subjected to
coding through layers of condensation and
displacement before emerging in a kind of rebus
puzzle in the dream itself (page ).
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Try it out Write a paraphrase and summary of
the following excerpt
Students frequently overuse direct quotation in
taking notes, and as a result they overuse
quotations in the final research paper.
Probably only about 10 of your final manuscript
should appear as directly quoted matter.
Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount
of exact transcribing of source materials while
taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research
Papers. 2nd ed. (1976) 46-47.
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Paraphrase
In research papers students often quote
excessively, failing to keep quoted material down
to a desirable level. Since the problem usually
originates during note taking, it is essential to
minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester
46-47).
Summary
Students should take just a few notes in direct
quotation from sources to help minimize the
amount of quoted material in a research paper
(Lester 46-47).
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Original Passage
Students frequently overuse direct quotation in
taking notes, and as a result they overuse
quotations in the final research paper.
Probably only about 10 of your final manuscript
should appear as directly quoted matter.
Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount
of exact transcribing of source materials while
taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research
Papers. 2nd ed. (1976) 46-47.
Plagiarized Version
Students often use too many direct quotations
when they take notes, resulting in too many of
them in the final research paper. In fact,
probably only about 10 of the final copy should
consist of directly quoted material. So it is
important to limit the amount of source material
copied while taking notes.
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Your Note Cards