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Organizing Your Research
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A good organizational scheme is very important during the research phase of your History Day project. Sound organization of your research will save you time, assist you in developing and refining your project's outline, and point out connections between themes and ideas you might otherwise miss. Many scholars use note cards to keep track of their sources (bibliography cards) and their notes (note cards) while conducting research for their projects. Review the example bibliography card below and click on the Friendly Notepad to the right to find out how to "build" bibliography entries and note cards. Friendly Notepad
bibliography card; primary; Martin, George. Rural Electrification Administration: Electricity Comes to the Farm. Otter Tail Record 15, No. 2 (1996): 1-4 In this first-hand account, George Martin recalls working for a contractor building R-E-A lines in 1938. This concise account includes information about the process of running power lines and the roles of the digging crews that dug the holes for the poles. It also includes information about pay and incetives for the diggers..
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