Source Cards

Source cards tell where you found your information.

You will use your source cards to write your

Works Cited page.

Make sure to use the proper format on your

source cards.

They help you find sources again if you need

them.

Source Cards Tips and Hints Write only one source on each card.

Number the source in the top right-hand corner

of each card.

Each source will have a different number.

Write the call number in the upper left hand

corner.

If you want to remember the web address, write

the URL address of the website at the bottom

of the card.

Pay close attention to all of your punctuation!!!

More Tips and Hints When making your source cards, underline all items

that are italicized when typing.

All source cards will have a hanging indentation when your citation information is long enough to go on to the next line.

The format for your Source Cards in the same as the format for your Works Cited page, except that you do not put the call number on your Works Cited page, and titles are italicized rather than underlined when typing.

Compile your sources in alphabetical order by author’s last name to create your Works Cited page.

Book: Call Number Source #1

Author’s last name, first name. Title

of the Book. Place of publication:

Publisher, copyright date. Print.

city most recent

italicized

format

Source #1

Tames, Richard. The 1950’s. London: Sea-to-Sea,

2006. Print.

909.82

Tam

Encyclopedia or Dictionary

Call Number Source #2

Author of the Article Last Name, First Name. “Title of the

Article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. Edition used.

Year of Publication. Print.

in quotations italicized format

345.744 Source #2 Ada

Adams, Susan. “Salem Witch Trials.” World Book

Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. 2003. Print.

Sample Encyclopedia Source

Card

Website Source #3

Author’s Last name, First. “Title of the work.” Title

of the overall Website. Edition used. Publisher

or sponsor of the site, Date of electronic

publication. Web. Date of access.

URL address

Date published electronically

Date you looked at it

Source #3

Linder, Douglas. “The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A

Commentary.” Famous Trials. University of

Missouri-Kansas City Law School, March 2007.

Web. 20 Oct. 2009.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM

Sample Website Source Card

Let’s Practice:

“Bo Jackson.” Grolier’s Encyclopedia. 1992. Print.

Who is the author of this article?

What is the name of the article? How do you know?

What kind of source is it? How do you know?

1

Check yourself:

A book by Lawrence David Kusche entitled, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved. Published in the year 1975 in New York City by Harper and Row publishers.

Kusche, Lawrence David. The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved.

New York: Harper and Row, 1975. Print.

2

An encyclopedia article from the 1978 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia called The Bermuda Triangle. The author of the article is Robert F. Burgess.

Burgess, Robert F. “The Bermuda Triangle.” World Book

Encyclopedia. 1978. Print.

3

A website called Bermuda Triangle. The author of the website is Michael Smith. You saw the website on October 20, 2009. The title of the work is Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. The website was published February 28, 2001. The publisher is the University of Oklahoma. The website address is <http://www.bermudatriangle.com/mysteries>.

Smith, Michael. “Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.” Bermuda Triangle.

University of Oklahoma, February 2001. Web. 20 Oct. 2009.

<http://www.bermudatriangle.com/mysteries>.

4

General Guidelines Use cards of the same size and style (4x6 index cards).

Place the first word of the Source Card and the page number of your source in the upper right hand corner of the note card.

Use abbreviations and phrases.

Place all verbatim (word-for-word) notes in quotation marks.

Place a descriptive heading at the top of each card to indicate the main idea.

Work each source into your own thinking before you take notes on it to avoid plagiarism.

Sample Note Card

“The witches disappeared, but witch hunting in

America did not. Each generation must learn the

lessons of history or risk repeating its

mistakes. Salem should warn us to think hard

about how to best safeguard and improve our

system of justice.”

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