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Locating Sources and Taking Notes

Learn to differentiate primary and secondary sources, evaluate internet sources, create an MLA bibliography, and take effective notes. Avoid plagiarism by crediting sources properly. Utilize direct quotes, paraphrasing, and summarizing to enhance your research process.

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Locating Sources and Taking Notes

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  1. Locating Sources and Taking Notes Research Paper

  2. There are Different Kinds of Sources? • Primary – original text, document, interview, speech of letter • It is not someone’s comments on or analysis of a text • Secondary – is not an original text or document • This is someone’s comments or analysis of a text

  3. Evaluate the Source • Check the Date • Check the Author

  4. Evaluating Internet Sources • Who wrote the web page? • How accurate is the information? • How up-to-date is the information? • Is the information biased (slanted toward one point of view), or are both sides of an issue presented objectively and fairly?

  5. Bibliography • As you do research – Keep track of your sources in a file labeled MLA_Bibliography • Use the handout to find the information – INCLUDING – • Website title • Webpage title • Author • Last date updated • Publication • Date accessed • Website address

  6. Taking Notes Research Paper

  7. Ask Yourself these Questions • What are my research questions, the questions I want to find the answers to? • What are the most important ideas I want to cover in my paper? • What background information will readers need to have? • What are the main parts, or sections, of my paper, and how do they relate to one another? • How might I organize the information? • What conclusion(s) do I expect to draw?

  8. Avoid PLAGARISM • Give credit where credit is due! This is my work! Not yours!

  9. Three Kinds of Notes • Direct quotes – author’s words written word for word • Paraphrasing – this is when you restate the author’s words into your own words (you will use this when discussing the author’s works • Summarizing – this is when you restate the main ideas in your own words

  10. Ebsco HOST • http://search.ebscohost.com/ • Username – chartertech • Password – drama

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