Research and Style Manual

Source Cards

Keep a separate 3x5 or 4x6 card for each new source. Write the following information on each card:

1. All of the publication information needed to include the work on your final WORKS CITED AND CONSULTED page. (This will save time because you will not have to look up the information again.)
2. All of the information on each card in proper MLA format. (Consult the examples in this guide for correct form. If you follow the correct form the first time, you will not have to do your work twice.)
3. The call number of the book. (If a book is out or not in the library, you can find it at a later time without looking it up in the online card catalog again - another time saver.)
4. A code letter (or number) to connect your source card to note cards derived from this source.
   
   

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