Note Taking

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Source Cards vs Note Cards
Source Cards –Used to cite the resource
where you find information

Note Cards – Used to record quotes or

paraphrased information you may use in
your final product

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Source Cards:
 Items that must be included on all source cards.
– 1. Author’s full name.
 Last name, first name.
– 2. Title of book.
 Title must be underlined.
– 3. Place of publication.
 State where it is published. City also, if it is available.
– 4. Publisher Name.
 Include appropriate endings. Ex. Inc., Corp., etc.
– 5. Copyright date.
 The most current year the book is published.

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Common Themes
 Always begin with the author or editors
name
 Article titles are in quotations
 Title of the book, magazine, etc. is
underlined
 They all include the copyright date.

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Books with ONE author.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Name of
book. Place of publication: Publisher Name,
Copyright date.

Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the overlander.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 2003.
Notice the top line is at the edge and the
You Try remaining lines are indented. Use the
proper punctuation between each 5
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section!
 Books with TWO authors.
Last name of the FIRST author that is listed, first
name and First name and Last name of the second
author that is listed. Title of book. Place:
Publisher, Copyright.

Rochman, Hazel and Darlene McCambell.

Bearing witness: stories of the holocaust.
New York: Orchard Books, 1995.
Notice the word AND between the two authors names.
You Try If there are more than 2 authors, use the abbreviations,
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 Magazine Articles
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.”
Name of magazine. Volume Number (date
of publication), page(s).

Rushin, Steve. “A double whammy.” Sports

Illustrated. Volume 103, No. 15 (October
17, 2005), 19.
Notice the title of the article is in quotation marks with the
You Try period. There is a volume number listed so the date is in
parenthesis, otherwise just use the date of the magazine.
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 Internet Source
Author’s last name, first name. “Document title.”
Web site or database title. Date of electronic
publication. Name of sponsoring institution.
Date information was accessed. <URL>

Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. 28

Nov. 2003. Purdue University. 10 May 2006.
<http://www.cla.purdue.edu>.

You must list your date of access because web postings are often
You Try updated. Be sure to include the complete address for the site.

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Note Cards:
 Explain details
 Give an example
 Summarize information

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Note Card
 Slug: top line of card, is the topic of the
note card
 Source Number: Upper right corner, it is
circled
 Note is in the middle of the card
 Author’s last name, page number: lower
left hand corner

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Sample Note Card
Slug : Topic/Subject of Card
1

Notes belong in the middle section. They should be

complete thoughts about the topic of the card and
should not be copied directly from the book. You
should always summarize and paraphrase in your
own words.

Author’s last name, page #

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Sample Direct Quote Card
Slug : Topic/Subject of Card
1

“A note for a direct quotation changes nothing

from the source. Spelling, punctuation,
words—everything must be on the card exactly
as it appears in the source.” (109)

Author’s last name, page #

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Sample Paraphrase Card
Slug : Topic/Subject of Card
1
A good paraphrase is about the same length as
the original, simplifies the language, presents
the same ideas in the same order, maintains the
same tone, delivers the same message, but avoids the
same phrases. (114)

Author’s last name, page #

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Sample Summary Card
Slug : Topic/Subject of Card 1

– Main idea in own words

– Includes only essentials
– Generalizations
– Not supporting details
– Short
– Reduced text

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Book with 1 Author Title Page

Answer
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Books with ONE author.

Bergman, Tamar. Along the tracks.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
1988.

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Book with 2 Authors Title Page

Answer
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Books with TWO authors.
DeSaix, Deborah and Karen Ruelle. Hidden on
the mountain. New York: Holiday House,
2007.

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Magazine Article Author: Yuri Kozrev

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Magazine Articles
Kozyrev, Yuri. “Postcard: basra.” Time. Volume
172, No. 15 (October 13, 2008), 8.

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Internet Site
Browder, Dewey. “Double victory: minorities
and women during world war II.” ABC-
CLIO Schools. 26 September 2007. ABC-
CLIO Schools. 3 November 2008.
<www.historyandtheheadlines.abc-
clio.com>.

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 Source Card Format
1 Author’s Last Name, First Name. Name of book. Place of
Author
publication: Publisher Name, Copyright date.
Last name of the FIRST author that is listed, first name and
2
Authors
First name and Last name of the second author that is listed.
Title of book. Place: Publisher, Copyright.
Author’s last name, first name. “Document title.”
Website Web site or database title. Date of electronic publication.
Name of sponsoring institution. Date information was
accessed. <URL>
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Name of
Magazine
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