Class today: November 11th

We will be working on going through our sources and organizing found information for the easiest implementation into our rough draft.

1. Once you have a rough-complete outline done, and you have finished researching, you will need to go through that research thoroughly and systematically. Remember to evaluate your sources according to their effectiveness:

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

Using note cards for organization simplifies this process. You will go through one source at a time and create note cards with parenthetical citation as you read. Code your note cards to your outline and mark on your outline where you have research. You may also do works cited cards for each source as you work.

Click on the following link for instructions on note cards:
http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/mla_style/note_cards.htm

Handouts on note cards are on the right hand side of this page under "instructional links".

2. Once  you have gone through a source and determined it is viable for your paper, place the citation information down on a preliminary WORKS CITED PAGE.

Click on the following link for instructions on works cited pages:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

3. When the research has been sifted through and cataloged, and your works cited page is constructed, take your stack of note cards, your outline, and your paper... start writing the draft. Start with the body sections first. REMEMBER TRANSITIONS and PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS.

This is an excellent source for integrating quotes.. what you should and should not do... REVIEW before writing.

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/integrating-quotes-citing-sources-effectively-in-academic-papers/

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/quotations-integrating-them-in-mla-style-papers/