Locating Sources and Taking Notes
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Locating Sources and Taking NotesResearch Paper
+There are Different Kinds of Sources?Primary – original
text, document, interview, speech of letterIt is not
someone’s comments on or analysis of a text
Secondary – is not an original text or documentThis is
someone’s comments or analysis of a text
+Evaluate the Source
Check the Date
Check the Author
+Evaluating Internet Sources
Who wrote the web page?How accurate is the information?How up-to-date is the information?Is the information biased (slanted
toward one point of view), or are both sides of an issue presented objectively and fairly?
+Bibliography
As you do research – Keep track of your sources in a file labeled MLA_Bibliography
Use the handout to find the information – INCLUDING – Website title Webpage title Author Last date updated Publication Date accessed Website address
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Taking Notes
Research Paper
+Ask Yourself these Questions
What are my research questions, the questions I want to find the answers to?
What are the most important ideas I want to cover in my paper?
What background information will readers need to have?
What are the main parts, or sections, of my paper, and how do they relate to one another?
How might I organize the information? What conclusion(s) do I expect to draw?
+Avoid PLAGARISM
Give credit where credit is due!
This is my work!Not yours!
+Three Kinds of Notes
Direct quotes – author’s words written word for word
Paraphrasing – this is when you restate the author’s words into your own words (you will use this when discussing the author’s works
Summarizing – this is when you restate the main ideas in your own words
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