Note Cards

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Note Cards
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Resource Note Cards

• Resource Note Cards identify the resources you
  are using in your paper.
• Correctly formatting these cards will make your
  Works Cited page of your paper easy to create.
• You must use proper MLA formatting.

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Formatting
Label each Resource Note Card alphabetically.

• A
• Hammond, William H. Media and the War.
• Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War.
• New York Macmillan Library Reference,
• 1996.
• Article in Book

Title of Article.
Authors Last name, First name.
Title of Book.
Publication Location Publisher, Date.
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Information Note Cards

• Information note cards contain the information
  you have retrieved from your sources.
• The purpose of these cards is to help you
  organize the information for your paper.
• Following proper citation rules for your cards
  will make your paper easier to put together.
• The information on your note cards may be either
  quoted or summarized.

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Summary
Signifies that this is the first information note
card from that source.
Letter from Resource Card

• A 1
• One of the reasons the Vietnam War was so
  devastating to the American public was due to the
  sheer volume of horrifying images shown (28).
• summary

Summary of information found in resource.
Put the page number the information can be found
on in parenthesis.
Label whether the card is a quote or summary.
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Direct Quote
Signifies that this is the second information
note card from the source.
Letter from resource card.

• A-2
• America was not prepared to see the reality of
  war on their television screens (27).
• Quote

Direct quote from resource.
Label whether the information is a quote or
summary.
Put the page number the information can be found
on in parenthesis.
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The Big Picture
B Doe, John. Vietnam the
visual war. New York McMillan, 1973. Book
Vietnam the visual war By John Doe
B-2 American households were assaulted
with images of an average of 4 dead bodies with
each broadcast (58). Quote
B-1 American households were assaulted
with the images of an average of 4 dead bodies
with each broadcast (58). Quote