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Research Papers. #2 Getting Started Taking Notes & A Working Bibliography. Taking Notes. Taking notes efficiently and accurately is one of the most important steps you will take in writing a good research paper.

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Research Papers

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  1. Research Papers #2 Getting Started Taking Notes & A Working Bibliography

  2. Taking Notes • Taking notes efficiently and accurately is one of the most important steps you will take in writing a good research paper. • Take more notes than you think you will need. Too much info is better than not enough. • Use 3X5 index cards for easier handling.

  3. Taking Notes…What goes on those cards? • Record any and all info you will need to accurately use this info in your paper, as well as cite it correctly on your Works Cited page. • Don’t panic! See the following page.

  4. …What goes on those cards? 1. Title of book/periodical/etc. 2. Info you wish to use 3. Type of info (quote, summary, paraphrase) 4. Page # where you found the info * 5. Category you wish to enter info under 6. Number for card to match category

  5. FYI * Page numbers in parenthetical documentation indicate the pages from which the information is taken. Page numbers in Works Cited entries are for the page span of the entire work.

  6. Writing Tips • Number each card with the source. • Give each source a different number. • This number will later serve as an easy way to identify the source.

  7. Prepare Cards • Take notes from three different standpoints: • 1. Quote sources directly. Use quotation marks to indicate direct quotes. • 2. Paraphrase. Write this information in your own words. • 3. Summarize. Write a brief summary of the information, highlighting the most important parts.

  8. Note Cards - Direct QuotationSample bibliography card Bib 8 An Introduction to Music and Art in the Western world. “Cubism was a style of twentieth-century art that reduced nature to basic geometric patterns…. Again, the artists painted what they knew, not what they saw. In pursuing this style, they were concerned more with how a work was painted and less with what was painted.”(quotation) page 307

  9. Note Cards - ParaphraseSample bibliography card Bib 8 An Introduction to Music and Art in the Western world Cubists painted geometric patterns to represent how they thought of a subject, not what it looked like to other people. (paraphrase) page 307

  10. Note Cards -SummarySample bibliography card

  11. Note & Bibliography Cards • A good set of note and bib cards will be invaluable when you begin to put together your paper. • Note cards should be labeled with individual category titles. For example: You might want to have three main points covered in your paper. These could be Picasso, the man; Picasso, the artist; Picasso’s works.

  12. Note Card Categories • Picasso, the man could cover historical info about Picasso, as well as the info about his early years and what influenced him to be a painter. • Picasso, the artist could cover his personal life, as well as his painting career. • Picasso’s works could cover not only his paintings, but his contribution to the world of artistry and to the changing ideas about art.

  13. Note Cards Will “Write” the Paper for You • Well, almost, anyway! • Once note cards are placed in the order you wish them to be, it is just a simple matter of putting the rest of the paper together by filling in between the cards.

  14. Use Note Cards for Ease in Handling/Manipulating Info • Just like a deck of playing cards, note cards can be easily manipulated as you assemble the info into the most usable location. • Note cards make changing your idea about placement of info a “piece of cake.”

  15. A Working Bibliography • Definition of “bibliography”: A bibliography is nothing more than a record of the books, articles, Internet sites, and other sources you consult and use. • This is called your working bibliography

  16. A Working Bibliography • A working bibliography allows you to later easily find a source you used. • When you find a good usable source, record the publication data on a 3 X 5 card. • Complete bib cards will help you accurately write your list of works cited.

  17. Bibliography Card Info • Different kinds of sources need different data on their bib (bibliography) cards. • Notice the following examples of bib cards and recorded information…

  18. Bib Card Info…Newspaper

  19. Bib Card Info…Periodical

  20. Bib Card Info…Book

  21. Bib Card Info…Internet site

  22. Reference • “Research Paper Writing.”Grammar and Composition Handbook (Grade 10). New York: Glencoe McGraw- Hill, 2002. book

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