Source Cards and Note Cards
Research Note-Taking
Source Card
• You will need to create a source card for each
source you use.
• Each source card should include information
about the source (author, title, year, etc.).
• Different types of sources use different
formats. Make sure you use the right one.
• Each source card is assigned a letter that will be
used in creating your note cards.
SOURCE CARD
(Book)
Author:
Title:
Publisher:
Date:
City:
A
SOURCE CARD
(Book)
Author: Isabella Brega
Title: Argentina: Wild South America
Publisher: White Star Publishers
Date: 2007
City: Vercelli, Italy
A
SOURCE CARD
(Article from a website)
Author:
Title:
Date article was written:
Date looked up:
Complete web address:
B
SOURCE CARD
B
(Article from a website)
Author: National Geographic Xpeditions
Title: Migration: Reasons to Move
Date article was written: 2005
Date looked up: November 24, 2011
Complete web address:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g35/Migrati
ons.html
SOURCE CARD
(Encyclopedia – Print)
Name of Encyclopedia:
Article you looked up:
Author of entry:
Edition (what year):
Page #:
C
SOURCE CARD
(Encyclopedia – Print)
Name of Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Britannica
Article you looked up: Argentina
Author of entry:
Edition (what year): 2010
Page #: 85
C
SOURCE CARD
(Encyclopedia – Online)
Name of Encyclopedia:
Article you looked up:
Author of entry:
Edition (what year):
Web Address:
D
SOURCE CARD
D
(Encyclopedia – Online)
Name of Encyclopedia: World Book Student
Article you looked up: Argentina
Author of entry: Brad D. Jokisch & Ana Margheritis
Edition (what year): 2011
Web Address:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar029320&st=argentina
Note Card
• The page # goes in the upper left corner.
• The matching source card letter goes in upper right
corner.
• The topic name should be centered on top line of card.
• Write only on the front side of the card.
• Write facts, but do not use complete sentences.
• Do not copy straight from the source. Write the
information in your own words to show your
understanding.
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Argentina’s Ancestry
(NOTE CARD)
• Ancestors from Europe, especially from Italy and Spain
• European immigrants came when Spain set up colonies
• Largest wave of immigration in the late 1800s because of government encouragement
• Small indigenous population compared to other Latin American countries
• Indigenous mostly in isolated parts of north and southwest
• One of the largest Jewish populations in the Americas
• Other groups include Asians and Middle Easterners
D
Work Cited
Rathje, A. (n.d.). Note & Source Cards
[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
http://www.students.ed.uiuc.edu/arathje/
.../Note%20&%20Source%20Cards.ppt