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Organizing Your Research
Annotated Note Cards


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 note cards below and click on the Friendly Notepad to the right to find out how to "build" bibliography entries and note cards. Friendly Notepad
Note card: electric lines/poles (wages); Martin, REA: Electricity Comes to the Farm, 3. Explains pay scale for diggers. They worked 10 hours a day at 35 cents per hour. No overtime. Bonuses paid by number of holes dug per day. 10/day= 5 cents per hole 15/day= 7.5 cents per hole 20/day=10 cents per hole
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