This document provides guidance on creating note cards, source cards, and citations for an 8th grade research paper. It explains the proper format for note cards, source cards, and information cards, including required elements like the source title, number, page number, and bibliographic format. Examples are given for creating citations for different source types like books, encyclopedias, websites, and DVDs. Reminders are provided to cite sources in the text every 5-10 sentences and for any direct quotes.

1. NOTE CARD AND SOURCE CARD
REVIEW
8th Grade Research Paper

2. NOTE CARD AND SOURCE FORMAT
Title Source Number
Information:
Page Number
Source Number
Follow the Bibliography format for the
type of source you are using. Don’t forget
your hanging indent!

3. INFORMATION CARDS
Early Life: Date and Place of Birth 1
Brookline, Massachusetts
May 29, 1917
p. 579
Title Source Number
Information:
Page Number

4. SOURCE CARD
1
Matthew, Michael, et al. The
American Republic. South
Carolina: Bob Jones University
Press, 2000. Print.
1
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First
Name. Title. State of
Publication: Publisher, Copy
Write Date. Print.

5. INTERNET SITE
Source #
“Title”. Website. Sponsoring
Institution/Publisher,
Date Created or
Updated. Web. Access
date
Parents Source 2
Joseph P. Kennedy
fortune in the stock
market, entertainment, and other
business
Source 2
“American President: John F.
Kennedy”. millercenter.org.
Rector and Visitors of the
University of Virginia, 2012.
Web. 9, January 2012.
millercenter.org

6. ANSWER TO PRACTICE
1
Doubleday, Mooyaart B.M. Anne Frank:
The Diary of a Young Girl. New
York: Random House, 1967.
Print.
*(Doubleday 3).
Date and Place of Birth 1
Frankfort, Germany
June 12, 1929
p. 3
* Citation Suggestion

7. CITATIONS: BOOKS
 One author
 Matas, Carol. Daniel’s Story. New York: First
Scholastic Printing, 1993. Print.
 Daniel was torn between kicking him or throwing a
desk at him( Matas 12).
 More than one author
• Matthews, Michael, et al. The American
Republic. South Carolina: Bob Jones
University Press, 2000. Print
• Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts
(Matthews, et al 579).

8. CITATION ENCYCLOPEDIA
 Encyclopedia with an author
 Hernandez, Thomas. "Portugal“. The World Book.
1999, Print.
 Portugal occupies the western part of the Iberian
Peninsula and is slightly smaller than Indiana
(Hernandez 5).
 Encyclopedia without an author
 "Portugal”. The World Book. 1999, Print.
 Portugal occupies the western part of the Iberian
Peninsula and is slightly smaller than Indiana
(“Portugal” 5).

9. CITATION FOR INTERNET
 “John F. Kennedy”. historychannel.com. History
Channel, 2007. Web. 21, November 2011
 On July 19, 1961, John F. Kennedy, the youngest
candidate ever elected to the presidency, urged
schools to adopt the guidelines recently published
by the National Council on Youth Fitness
(historychannel.com).

10. CITATION FOR DVD
 “Kennedy's Summation.” 2013. History
Channel. 11, January 2013. Video Clip.
 This John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon 1960
presidential debate History Channel video shows
Senator Kennedy speaking about the importance of
the Social Security Act of 1935 (“Kennedy’s
Summation”).

11. CITATION REMINDERS
 Use the first part of your Works Cited entry to
create the citation.
 Example:
 Dodson, Francine. The Apple of My Eye is Jesus.
Pennsylvania: Stump Publishing, 2012. Print.
 (Dodson 7).
 “Apples in the Bible”. google.com. Zimmerman, 2012.
Web. 15, January 2013
 (“Apples in the Bible”).
 Citations must be every 5-10 sentences throughout
your paper.
 Any time you use a quote, you must use a citation.