《英语科学写作》课程教学资源：Lecture 5 How to track my Research Sources

Lecture 5- How to track my research Sources 1. As you start to gather your information journals, books etc) you will need a systematic way to organise it. What you want is an organized list of sources, a bibliography. You will use this list to ocate sources and, as you write your research paper, to document the information you used. You need to learn how to make working bibliography 2. Making Bibliography Cards As you find each source on your topic, record the publication and the location information. You will need to turn it into bibliography cards written in the appropriate format To do so, get a pack of 3x4 cards. Use one card per source These are your bibliography cards Cards allow you to keep the most promising sources and then discard the irrelevant ones. also cards can easily be arranged in alphabetical order when the time comes to type a References cited at the end of the paper 3. What should be included in the Bibliography Card 3.1 Books Call number Author/editor · Place of publication e Publisher Date

1 Lecture 5- How to track my Research Sources ? 1. As you start to gather your information (journals, books etc) you will need a systematic way to organise it. What you want is an organized list of sources, a blbliography. You will use this list to locate sources and, as you write your research paper, to document the information you used. You need to learn how to make a working bibliography 2. Making Bibliography Cards As you find each source on your topic, record the publication and the location information. You will need to turn it into bibliography cards written in the appropriate format. To do so, get a pack of 3x4 cards. Use one card per source. These are your bibliography cards. Cards allow you to keep the most promising sources and then discard the irrelevant ones. Also cards can easily be arranged in alphabetical order when the time comes to type a References cited at the end of the paper. 3. What should be included in the Bibliography Card 3.1 Books • Call number • Author/editor • Title • Place of publication • Publisher • Date

Page numbers Library where located 3.2 Journals/periodicals Author Title of article Title of journal Volume number Page numbers Library To make full use of cards summarize the contents of the relevant passages on the same card

2 • Page numbers • Library where located 3.2 Journals/Periodicals • Author • Title of article • Title of Journal • Volume Number • Page numbers • Library To make full use of cards, summarize the contents of the relevant passages on the same card