Recording Sources

Source Cards

Source Cards

• Each time you find a book, article, interview, government document, etc you can use, prepare a source card.

• A source card is important for many reasons:– It allows you to easily find

that source again– It gives you a “jump start”

on your works cited page

Source Cards

Source NumberBibliographic Citation

Place Where Source is Found

1

EBSCO

Bryden. M.P. “Additional Attentional Strategies in Listening.” National Review of Cognitive Psycology 33 (1999): 57-66. 19 Apr 2001 <http://www.cogpscyc.com.htbin>.

Source Number

• Located in the upper-right hand corner

• Always circled• Each separate source

(book, article, government document, etc) gets its own number

• Number is also used on your note card so you do not have to write the citation again.

Place Where Source is Housed

• Located in lower left-hand corner

• Name of the library (LHS Library/Lebanon Public Library), the internet database (EBSCO/Academic Search Premier), etc.

Bibliographic Citation

• Located in center of card• Always formatted with an

indention on all lines after the first

• Allows you to relocate the source

• Gives you a jump start on your works cited page

• Necessary to avoid plagiarism

Bibliographic Citations

• For your research, you may only use books, magazine articles (print or electronic), or articles from scholarly journals.

• Here are the exact bibliographic citations for each:

Books

Updike, John. Hugging the Shore. New York: Random House, 1983.

Author’s last name, first name. Book Title. City of Publication: Publishing Company, Year of Publication.

Print Magazine Articles

Smith, Shelly. “Baseball’s Forgotten Pioneers.” Sports Illustrated. 30 March 1992: 72.

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Magazine Title. Date of publication: page number.

Internet Magazine Article

Russell, Ian. “Family Myths and Family Realities.” Salon 12 Dec 1999. 3 Feb 2001<http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/feature/1999/12/23russell.html>.

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Magazine Title Date of Publication. Date of Access <URL>.

Article in Scholarly Journal

Bryden, M.P. “Additional Attentional Strategies in Listening.” National Review of Cognitive Psycology 33 (1999): 57-66. 19 Apr 2001<http://www.cogpscyc.com>.

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Scholarly Journal Volume number (Year of publication): page numbers. Date of access <URL>.