Research Paper Note

Cards

WHAT GOES ON A
NOTE CARD?
Information you did not know about
your topic that you get from another
author.
Two Options
Notes
Quotes

NOTES
As you find interesting facts about your
topic, you will write them down.
Each idea should be briefly written in
your own words and on a separate
card.

NOTES - SUMMARY
Summarize (compress/shrink down) in
your own words.
Translate and rewrite what the author is
saying

Direct QUOTE
Use for:
Conciseness
Memorable language
Accuracy/Authority
Use quotation marks to show EXACTLY
what the author was saying. Dont overuse
direct quotes. Limit yourself to one per
paragraph.

HOW TO USE
ANOTHER AUTHORS
INFORMATION
Notes and/or Summarize in your
own words.
Quote.

DONT PLAGIARIZE!!!!

PLAGIARISM
It's like lip-synching to someone else's

voice and accepting the applause and

rewards for yourself.

IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL!!!

any time you take a writers words and
use them as your own, you are plagiarizing

Your sources are numbered on your

Internet Citation Organizer cards.

If you have more than four sources, please correct the

numbering and add Source 5 etc to the additional cards.

This is the form that you will use for notecards.

You will be copying this and placing it on a ppt slide.
Source Number:
Main Point:
Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Items to include:
Source Number: This is the number that is on your Citation

Organizer Card.
Main Point:

Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Items to include:
Source Number:

This is the main idea of the paragraph you are going

to write. ex. Export or Human Resource
Main Point:

Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Items to include:
Source Number:
Main Point:

Specific Topic:

point.

This is a specific topic that supports your main

Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Items to include:
Source Number:
Main Point:
Specific Topic:

Notes (bulleted form) OR

Direct Quote

These are short, abbreviated notes in your own words.

What this means to me:

Items to include:
Source Number:
Main Point:
Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

Direct Quote

This is a direct quote. Be sure to include all the authors

words and use quotation marks.
What this means to me:

Items to include:
Source Number:
Main Point:
Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

Direct Quote

This is your so what statement. Explain

why this information is important.
What this means to me:

Source Number:

Main Point:
Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
Notes (bulleted form) OR

What this means to me:

Direct Quote

In this article, I marked 10 possible topics.

Each topic that I use should have its own notecard.
From this website alone, there are a possible ten
notecards.

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
Height
Notes (bulleted form) OR

Direct Quote

553.3m high
equals 181 story building
What this means to me:
The CN Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
purpose of building
Notes (bulleted form) OR
Communications tower
What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
location
Notes (bulleted form) OR
downtown Toronto, Canada
What this means to me:

Direct Quote

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
Completion Date
Notes (bulleted form) OR Direct Quote

1976
What this means to me:

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
Special Award
Notes (bulleted form) OR Direct Quote
1995
Modern Seven Wonders of the World
American Society of Civil Engineers

What this means to me:

Professional engineers have designated this tower as being very
special.

Source Number:

Main Point:

Man-made Landmark CN Tower

Specific Topic:
Design
Notes (bulleted form) OR Direct Quote
Attracting more than 2 million international visitors each year, CN
Tower reflects the importance of aesthetics in design.
What this means to me:
This should be at the top of a cultural awareness list because each
year thousands of people travel from around the world to see this
tower and appreciate its beautiful design.

Remember
Use only one idea per card/slide.
Expect to make 5 20 cards/slides for
each body paragraph.
Later, you will use the slide sorter to
organize the slides in the order that you
want to use them.
Accuracy is essential, especially with
quotes.

THE END!