Note and Bib Card Format
Directions
• Today, we are going to create note and bib
cards for your PRIMARY SOURCE. We are
doing this together so you know how to do
this for your secondary sources….so pay
attention!
• You need small (3x5) and large (4x6) lined
index cards today (use paper and transfer if
you need to)
Directions….
• We are going to go over how to FORMAT your
note cards and bib cards, but first, let’s look at
what these are.
What is a Bib Card?
• When you find a quote you can use, you
should first create a bib card so you can go
back and find that source later, and complete
your Works Cited page.
• The CITATION information (or bibliography
info) goes on this card.
• Every quote should have a bib card…
Sample Bib Card: Book
Sample Bib Card: Online Article
What is a Note Card?
• When you find a quote, after you have created
a bib card, you then write that quote on the
large index card.
• If you have multiple quotes from the same
source, you do not need to create more than
one bib card, but you DO need to create a
note card for every new quote.
Sample Note Card
Primary Source Cards: Explained
QUOTE
Primary source bib card (I will set
up the formatting for this in just
a moment…)
This is the SMALLER index card
QUOTE
QUOTE
Let’s set up the bib card for your
primary source….
• Here is the citation information we will need
(use MLA handouts or Son of a Citation
Machine to generate on your own)
– "Iliad ." Trans. Array Prentice Hall Literature: World
Masterpieces. Boston : Pearson Prentice Hall,
2007. 360-408. Print.
• Now we need to set this information up on
our small index cards (bib card)
Top left corner- number
your cards (primary is
the only #1 you will
have)
1
Citation
info goes in
the middle,
WITH the
hanging
indent
"Iliad ." Trans. Array Prentice Hall Literature: World
Masterpieces. Boston : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
360-408. Print.
Book or CDL
In the bottom
left corner, tell
me where you
found this source
Let’s Set up a sample Note Card for
your primary source…
• You need THREE quotes from the Iliad. When
you find these, create a new note card for
each….
• Try to find quotes from Book 1, 6, 22 and 24
(as in space them out so they are not all from
Book 1 for example)
Slug Line- a sentence that
connects this quote to the
part of your claim you are
supporting (write TOPIC
SENTENCE here where
quote will go.)
Number here should
match the bib card
where the quote
came from
Hector becomes a hero when
he faces Achilles on the
battlefield.
1
“Put the quote from your primary source (and eventually
secondary) here, using quotation marks.” ONE QUOTE PER
CARD
Homer
Author’s last name
where quote came
from
136-137
Page number
where quote
came from
NOW ONTO SECONDARY SOURCE
CARD SET UP….