How to Make Source Cards for Databases
- 1). Create a source card on paper using an index card. Add the following categories: author, title, place of publication, copyright date, publishing company and location of source.
- 2). Click "Start." Go to "Programs." Find Microsoft Office, locate "Excel" and click on the selection.
- 3). Type "Author" in Cell A1. Type "Title" in Cell B1. Type "Place of Publication" in Cell C1. Type "Copyright Date" in Cell D1. Type "Publishing Company" in Cell E1. Type "Location of Source" in Cell F1.
- 4). Fill in the cells in the spreadsheet with the individual pieces of information from the hand-written source cards. When this is complete, you have a flat file database represented by the spreadsheet, and the source card information is the data in the spreadsheet database.
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