Note+Taking

Once you find a good source you want to use for your paper/project, begin a Works Cited page & record the source in ** MLA Citation ** style. Some teachers require you to fill out source note cards. Below are common source formats with examples. **__Scroll down for tips about note taking__**.  (Note: Some teachers may prefer ** [|APA format] ** .)  **MLA Citation Examples for Common Sources: ** **All entries: ** Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. City Published: Publisher, Year Published. (indent) Print.
 * Taking Notes **
 * Are alphabetized by the first letter in the entry
 * Are double-spaced
 * Begin at the left margin
 * Indent 5 spaces for all succeeding lines of the same entry
 * __Book – Print __**

Behrendt, Greg, and Liz Tuccillo. He's Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses (indent)Truth to Understanding Guys. New York: Simon Spotlight, 2004.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter, Poem, Story, or Article.” Title <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(indent)of Book. Editor/Compiler. City Published: Publisher, Year Published. (indent)Pages. Print.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Part of a Book/ Anthology – Print __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bloor, Laura. “I Just Wanted to Be Skinny.” Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(indent) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">III: More Stories of Life, Love, and Learning. Comps. Jack Canfield, Mark

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(indent) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger. Deerfield Beach: Health <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(indent) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Communications, 2000. 253-55. Print.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title.” Title of Website. Version or Edition. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(indent)Name of Organization or Institution (if none, write n.p.), Date of (indent)Publication or Update (if unavailable, write n.d.). Web. Date Accessed.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Website __**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Writing Annotated Bibliographies.” The OWL at Purdue. Purdue Writing Lab, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(indent)2009. Web. 15 May 2009.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Databases usually have the citations done for you. Either there is a citation button to click or the citation appears at the end of the article! **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Note-taking Tips ** **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Teachers have preferences for the way you should take notes. This will be specified in the assignment & rubric. You will be required to take notes on physical or electronic note cards. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">**1. Write the author's last name & page number on the top left of the card.** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">2. Write the subject heading from your working outline on the top right of the card. If you use a label that is not in your working outline, ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">3. The order of your cards will be determined later by your final outline. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">4. Put the page number in a circle before your notes for that page. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">5. Write one idea from one source on each card. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">6. Don't document common knowledge unless your source interprets or analyzes it. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">7. Types of note cards: ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Direct quote: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Paraphrase ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Summary ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Your Ideas **
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Databases __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Use when the impact of the sentence(s) would be destroyed by paraphrasing or summarizing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Copy word for word & enclose in quotation marks.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If you have a quote within a quote, make the interior quotes single quotation marks.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Periods & commas go inside quotation marks; all other punctuation marks go inside only if the mark is part of the quotation.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If there is an error in the original source, write [sic] after the error.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If you omit words for brevity, use an <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px;">ellipses <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> (...) to indicate the omitted words.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If you change any words in the quotation to your own words (for brevity or explanation), put them in brackets ([ ] ).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The following changes are allowed without brackets: changes in capitalization, internal or final punctuation marks, tense, & the order of ideas or sentences.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A paraphrase is a re-write of the original source, using your own word choice, sentence structure, & voice.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you only change some of the words, you are plagiarizing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Read the passage from the original source, close the book or look away from the screen, & write the gist of the information from memory.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A summary is a synopsis or condensation of lengthier material.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use if you want to note your ideas while you are using a source.