• begin with a stack of colored cards and a stack of books or other resources
• for each source create a corresponding card and number it.
• on the source cards you will put all bibliographical information about that resource.
• cards will be organized and alphabetized to make the bibliography later, in the writing process

example:

source number: 1 location: PCDS library ISBN # : 0-7127-0149-9 9 (v.3) Connor, Judith and Charles Baxter. Kelp Forests. California: Monterey Bay Aquarium, 1989. comments: this is an excellent general book about the Kelp forest

websites with more format information - HCC library , CW post

RESEARCH NOTECARDS

• each student should have a stack of white cards that are used for research notes
• each card has one idea or point on it
• each card is from one source
• cards will be grouped by topic to form the outline later, in the writing process

example:

source number:1 topic: location of kelp forests notes from this book: world wide coastal waters shallow need plenty of sunlight - temperature of water