Research+Step+3

Step 3 will involve a lot of staying organized on your part. But before we get too involved with note-taking and information gathering, let's review what we'll need to do to avoid plagiarism.

__Plagiarism __ What is plagiarism? [|Click here.] Answer the following questions as you read through the website about plagiarism: 1. What is plagiarism? 2. What is the "public domain"? 3. What are copyright laws? What are they used for? 4. If I change the words, do I still have to cite the source? 5. What are some punishments for plagiarism?

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**__Source Cards__** You will have at least 3 **source cards** to work from for your project. Source cards will need to look like this: For a book, you will have 7 pieces of information on your card: source number, author, title of book, place of publication, copyright date, publishing company, and location of source. Use these examples as models for your source cards.  For an Internet source, you'll need to include 5 pieces of information on your source card: author or editor, title of site, date of publication, date of access, and web address.



__**N **____**<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ote Cards **__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Next, you'll begin using **note cards** to gather your information. There will need to be 4 pieces <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">of information on each note card: subtopic heading, page number (even for websites), source number, and note. Look at this example: <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><- All of your cards will look like this when they're finished.