Part II: Taking Notes on the Resources

	DRAR IGANG TILL KANSAS (Going to Kansas)
The Joseph Stotler Home in Wolcott area where Otto Anderkfoss lived	PART II : TAKING NOTES ON THE RESOURCES	Map Showing Praire Township Where Otto Anderkfoss lived

Successful completion of this project depends upon completing two types of research procedures.

First, you must review and summarize the literature that places the immigration to Prairie County in the context of the national migration of Swedes to the United States during this period.
Second, you must accumulate the data needed to answer the research questions. To do that, you must enter the necessary data from the Kansas State Census.

The procedures below will guide you through the source material on this page.

The first thing researchers must do is familiarize themselves

with the

available sources. In many cases, there are a mixture

of types of sources ranging from written sources to oral histories

to primary sources and secondary sources. These sources

sometimes present problems that

may contain some contra-

dictions. Careful note taking is the first step

in making order of

these often disorderly sources.

                    The sources also contain more information than needed to
                answer the research question. Only take notes on the parts of
                each source that answers the research question. Use the pro-
                cedures below to take notes on each source.

                         Use direct quotes or paraphrases when taking notes, and
                be sure to include the page numbers - or electronic bench-
                marks - needed to locate the source.

                   Always include the essential publication materials that will
            be needed for research citations later. A basic format for a note
            card (often a 3x5" or 4x6" index card) might look like this:

Author's Name Title of Resource Pages Referenced Publication Information
(Last, First)

Notes on Resource:

Sources:

Click here for a condensed research from the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups

Click here for Swedish History

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