Notecards and
Research
A Survival Guide
The topic has been chosen
Now what?
Getting started:
Get index cards…many index cards.
Locate your sources.
Make a bibliography card for each one.
Uniquely identify each source by the color of the index card.
Book Bibliography Card
Title
Author(s)
Publication InformationYearCity, StateCompany
Example
United States History: Beginnings to 1877
Deverell and White
2013
Orlando, Florida
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Website Bibliography Card
Title of website
Complete html or http address
Author(s) [If applicable]
Article Title [If applicable]
Date accessed
Example
History.com
www.history.com/topics/9-11-timeline
9/11: Timeline of Events
September 20, 2012
Taking notes
Write one, and only one, fact or piece of information on the card.
Remember to include the page number on which it is found.
Continue until the source is exhausted.
Move on to another source.
One fact from this particular source
Be sure to indicate the page number
“In the fifties before Elvis there was no rock and roll. On the radio white singers sang romanticsongs or cute songs…In small clubs, black singers were performingrhythm and blues, or R & B.”
Page 2
It’s time to create your entry
Make an outline for your paper or script.
Design the layout for your exhibit or web site.
Create a storyboard for your documentary.
This is easily done by putting your index cards in the order you wish to present your entry.
If you change your mind, just change the order of your index cards.
Everything should be so simple!!!