Note Taking

Source Documentation Sheet

Every time you use a source, you must add it to the Source Documentation Sheet. Copy information completely and accurately to the correct section of the Source Documentation Sheet Assign each source a number, beginning with #1 for the first source you use, #2 for the second source, and so on. Every source must have a different number; different articles from the same encyclopedia or database will count as separate sources. Every source will mean one source card and numerous Fact Cards. Some sources will have citation information already compiled for you. You can just record the correct information onto your Source Documentation Sheet. (see example below)

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Here is the citation information

Example of Source Documentation Record

Databases (eLibrary, ProQuest, SIRS, Info Trac, Academic Search Premier, etc.)

Source #

10 (whatever source # you are on)

Author(s): Osburn, Katherine M B Title of Article: Cherokee Women in Crisis: Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907 Title of Database: History Study Center Date of Access: January 12, 2014 (todays date) Date of Publication: May 2005

Title of Newspaper, Journal, Article, Encyclopedia: The Journal of Southern History

Example of Fact Card Format

SUBTOPIC word to remind you which argument the information on the Fact Card would help support; may also include Introduction and Conclusion; helps you organize your paragraphs Fact Card Subtopic:

INITIALS your initials, in case you lose a Fact Card

SOURCE #: tells where information on the fact card was found to help you correctly document within your paper; must match the number you assigned the resource on your Source Documentation Sheet

Initials

Source # Page # PAGE NUMBER: the page(s) on which you found your information. Databases often include page numbers; Internet sites often do not.

write only one piece of information per card write on only one side of the note card write facts using keywords and phrases (paraphrase) use quotation marks to copy exact words from the source,

Direct quote? Y

If yes, who said it?

DIRECT QUOTE - Did you write down information word for word from the source? If you did, be sure to use quotation marks, and write down the name of the person you are quoting. This may be the author, or someone else named in the source.

NOTE this is the information taken from the source