4. Taking Notes

Remember that you need to cite all FACTs (or things that you present as facts) in your research paper.  To do this, you MUST have certain information. 

For a website, you need:

• • Url: 

  • Title: 

  • Website title: 

  • Accessed on: 

• Authors

  • Sponsor/publisher

  • Publication date

For a newspaper, you need:

• Origin of Article

• Newspaper Name

• Newspaper Location

• Article Title

• Date Published

• Page Number(s)

• Section

• Edition

• Is the newspaper well-known

For a book, you need:

• What are you citing?  (entire book/chapter, etc)

• Title

• Publisher

• City of Publication

• Year Published

• Author

• BostonGlobeNIE.newspaperdirect.com

Take NOTES-- that means Don't copy and paste

Choose the info that is important

Summarize!!!!   Read in Full and THEN write what YOU THINK the author was trying to say (not exactly what they said.)