Research Paper Survival Guide - Fayette County Schools

Parts of a Source Card
Bibliographic Information:
The information about the book, article, or
other source in MLA style. Generally, the
author (last name, first name), the title of the
work, the place the work appeared, the place
the work was published, the publisher, the
date. Consult the MLA handbook or this guide
for specific formats.
Source Number:
Information on a Source Card written
in the upper right-hand corner of the
card and circled. Assign a different
number to each source you find. You
will use this number to refer to
sources on Note Cards containing
material from that source.
This number will not appear in your
paper.
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Lawrence, D.H. “Fenimore Cooper’s
Leatherstocking Novels.” James Fenimore
Cooper: a Collection of Critical Essays.
Ed. Wayne Fields. Englewood Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall Inc, 1979. Print.
Source Location:
Information on a Source Card that tells where you
found the source, for example: the Fayette County
H.S. Media Center, the Peachtree City library,
Google search engine keyword: archetype. The
source location may also include a call number if
appropriate.
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MHS Media
Center
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Call Number:
A call number is the group of
numbers or letters and
numbers that help you locate
a book on the shelf of the
library.