Here's a useful tool to help you organize and conceptualize your outside sources for research papers. Fill out one for each source and you can use this to set up your Works Cited pages, submit as draft materials with your final paper, and learn the different ways sources can enrich your written work.
Author _______________________
Title
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Journal or Press ____________________________
Check peer-review?
___________ Page
numbers ___________
City __________________________ Volume _______________ Year _______________
Source’s thesis
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Source’s methodology _________________________________________________________
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I will use this source to support
my argument ___
challenge
my argument ___
locate
my argument ___
inform
my methodology ___
inform
my argument ___
argue
against ___
Passages from source that I will quote, paraphrase, or
address (include page #s):
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This is great! It's much more guided than an annotated bibliography, which is what I've got my students doing. And guidance seems to be what first-year writers need. Do you require the students to fill one out for each source, or is it just encouraged?
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