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Notetaking 101

GETTING STARTED:
  • Ask yourself: What are you trying to find out? What is your GUIDING QUESTION?
  • Your notes should be in POINT FORM - no sentences. Leave out articles (a, an, the), and any other words not critical to your understanding. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word "and", or by removing vowels from words, or creating a symbol for "ion" that you put at the end of all those long words that end with "ion".
  • USE YOUR OWN WORDS! This ensures that you actually understand the material, and that you will be less likely to accidentally paraphrase or copy words from the text.
  • Pull out main ideas, key points, dates, and people, and write them in the left column.
  • Skip a line between ideas and topics.
  • Use quotations from experts to strengthen your arguments or position. Collect and cite the quotations in your notes.
  • If you have found the same information in more than one source...Good! Cite both / all sources. This adds strength to your arguments / evidence.
  • Complete your Works Cited information as you go using the Resource Consulted List.
      See: Bibliographies, Works Cited & Citation Guides for more information.
  • Not sure what plagiarism is ??? See: Plagiarism
  • See: Research Model for information on the process of research.
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TITANS WEB NOTES / BOOK NOTES:
  • Use the following templates when notetaking;
        WEB NOTES - when using internet sources, and BOOK NOTES - when using book sources.
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  • LFMSS Homepage
  • Research Help
    • Research 101
    • Notetaking 101
    • Where Do I Start Looking? >
      • District Databases
      • Key Sites
      • Search Engines
      • Community Libraries
    • Is it Really True?
    • Plagiarism is...
    • Bibliographies+ >
      • Giving Credit
      • Online Citation Makers
  • LLC Information
    • Hours of Operation
    • Signing out books
    • Understanding our book labels
    • Internet Use Policy
    • Library Values, Mission Statements & Goals
    • Contact Information