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NOTE TAKING
The Basics
WHY TAKE NOTES?

ather important information
• Support your thesis (or subtopics)
• Show evidence

ive credit to your source
• Avoid plagiarism

f you have good notes, writing the paper will be easy.
• All you have to do is organize your notes.
HOW DO YOU TAKE NOTES?

ead or listen to the information

eflect - think about what the information

igure out what’s important
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
hat depends on your thesis… (or topic/subtopics)
• You need to know what you are looking for before you
decide what is important (answer your guiding questions)

hat do you want to prove?
hat are your keywords?
hat questions do you want to answer in your research?
TYPES OF INFO. IN NOTES
irect quotes (use quotation marks)

• Include: quotation marks, page number, author, information exactly as it
appears in text
• When the original wording makes an effective addition to your paper (power
of the author’s words, powerful phrase or passage)

araphrase

• Putting the author’s idea into your own words, you still have to cite the
info.
• When you don’t need the exact wording – restate the info in your own
words

hat do you cite?

• No need to cite common knowledge
TYPES OF INFO. IN NOTES
irect quotes (use quotation marks)

• Include: quotation marks, page number, author, information exactly as it
appears in text
• When the original wording makes an effective addition to your paper (power
of the author’s words, powerful phrase or passage)

araphrase

• Putting the author’s idea into your own words, you still have to cite the
info.
• When you don’t need the exact wording – restate the info in your own
words

hat do you cite?

• No need to cite common knowledge

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Note taking.pptx

  • 2. WHY TAKE NOTES? ather important information • Support your thesis (or subtopics) • Show evidence ive credit to your source • Avoid plagiarism f you have good notes, writing the paper will be easy. • All you have to do is organize your notes.
  • 3. HOW DO YOU TAKE NOTES? ead or listen to the information eflect - think about what the information igure out what’s important
  • 4. WHAT’S IMPORTANT? hat depends on your thesis… (or topic/subtopics) • You need to know what you are looking for before you decide what is important (answer your guiding questions) hat do you want to prove? hat are your keywords? hat questions do you want to answer in your research?
  • 5. TYPES OF INFO. IN NOTES irect quotes (use quotation marks) • Include: quotation marks, page number, author, information exactly as it appears in text • When the original wording makes an effective addition to your paper (power of the author’s words, powerful phrase or passage) araphrase • Putting the author’s idea into your own words, you still have to cite the info. • When you don’t need the exact wording – restate the info in your own words hat do you cite? • No need to cite common knowledge
  • 6. TYPES OF INFO. IN NOTES irect quotes (use quotation marks) • Include: quotation marks, page number, author, information exactly as it appears in text • When the original wording makes an effective addition to your paper (power of the author’s words, powerful phrase or passage) araphrase • Putting the author’s idea into your own words, you still have to cite the info. • When you don’t need the exact wording – restate the info in your own words hat do you cite? • No need to cite common knowledge

Editor's Notes

  1. If you have good notes, writing the paper will be easy. All you have to do is organize your notes.
  2. Record each information source with an identifier – letter or number Highlight information
  3. You need to know what you are looking for before you decide what is important.
  4. 1 – Summary: summarize if you want to record only the general ideas of large amounts of material. 2 – Quotation: when you believe that some sentence or passage in its original wording might make an effective addition to your papers, transcribe the material exactly as it appears, word for word, comma for comma. Use quotation marks. Power of the author’s words, powerful phrase or passage 3 – Paraphrase: If you require detailed notes on specific sentences and passages but do not need the exact wording, you may wish to paraphrase, that is, to restate the materials in your own words. But avoid quoting too often. Use a quotation only if the author has said something so well that whoever reads the paper benefits from knowing the author’s exact words. Otherwise, you want to paraphrase.