Week 2

Making Notes: Overview

Many methods
Should note source, page number
General subject
Quotes
Paraphrasing
Reflection
Noodletools
Note-Taking Strategies
Be selective
Develop accurate, complete records
Engage your sources
Why?
Avoids Plagiarism
Work efficiently to gather sources
Work flexibly in all source formats
Engage sources through reflection
Record
Accurate
Develop outline and draft efficiently
Methods:
Note card system:
One set for Bibliography
Second set for notes on sources
 One point per card
 Clarify the source

 Provide topic or heading

 Label note as summary, paraphrase or quotation

 Distinguish your own thoughts

 Can be time consuming

 Electronic duplicates: Noodletools, TakeNote, etc…

Methods:
Copy and Annotate
Selectively copy, print or save sources (include
source info and page numbers)
Identify each page
Annotate the copies
Methods
Computer Notebook
Create folder
Take notes one source at a time
Distinguish your thoughts from sources
Give each note a topic
Methods
Double Note taking
Divide pages in half
Left side bibliographic info
Right side Responses
Annotating
Question what puzzles you
Link related passages
Add observations in margin
Marginal index
Highlight
Look up Vocabulary