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CREATE NOTE CARDS:
You will not receive a grade for notes that are inaccurate, incomplete, or **messy.** You must have a minimum of __40 note cards__ and **must __use__ a __majority__ of these cards.** All notes must be exactly quoted passages. Put 1 major fact or statement on each note card using just 1 or 2 sentences.

There are 4 parts to a note card.

1. __**PI**__ (Author information) is located in the top left corner of the card. 2. __**Source identification number**__ is located in the top right corner of the card. NO CIRCLE! 3. __**Slug**__ (main idea of the card) is located directly under the PI in the top left corner. 4. __**Body of information**__ is located in the center of the card.

Example:

1. **PI or Parenthetical Insertion** -- Contains the author's last name and page number where information is found. The PI should directly reer the reader to the matching source card.
 * if __no author__ is given, use the __first major word of the title__ and include "quotes" or __underline__ just as the title is written.
 * if it is a __print source__, you will write the __exact page number__ of where you found the information. (Smith 237).
 * if it is an __internet source__, you will write the __total number of pages,__ for example, ("Surgeon" 7pp.).

2. **Source Number** -- Helps to document where the information comes from. Do not circle this number on the note card. All cards from the same source will have the same source number!

3. **Slug** -- A word or phrase that is the main idea of the note card. It will be helpful on the outline if done correctly.

4. **Body** -- Must be a comoplete thought. You may have ONE idea per note ard (one sentence per card). You may use an ellipsis [. . . ] to omit material, so long as the information remaining is still a complete thought.

__**MORE NOTE CARD INFO:**__


 * Period after the PI** -- Place a period after the PI so that you remember that is where to use it in the paperl


 * Ellipsis** -- Looks like . . . (space dot space dot space dot space) and can be used to omit material; however, information must still be a complete thought.


 * Brackets** -- Look like [ ] and are used to add or clarify information that is not directly stated in the source.
 * Example:
 * This phenomenon [earthquake] occurs mostly in flat terrain.

Example: (Smith 13; Williams 5pp.).
 * More than one __different__ source used in a PI** -- You must use a semi-colon to separate the two sources.

Example: (Smite 13; 18).
 * More than one of the same source with different page numbers in the PI** -- You must use a semi-colon to separate the page numbers.


 * More than one of the __same__ source used in a PI** -- You must write the PI only one time. Then staple the cards together and give them both the same number.


 * One "p." or two?** A single "p." means "page" while double "pp." means "pages." Internet sources tell how many pages are in the entire article rather than what page/s the article is on as in a book or magazine.