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Note-Taking

 

1.   Browse the material before note-taking or photocopying. Determine if it contains     relevant information.

2.   Complete a bibliography card before taking any notes or photocopying.

3.   Use 3” x 5” or 4” x 6” file cards.

4.   Identify the source of the note in the upper left-hand corner of the note card. Be sure to include the page where the information was found.

5.   Write the topic of the information (known as a “slug”) in the upper right-hand corner of the note card.

6.   Record only one piece of information or idea per card, using one of the note-taking styles described in the chart below.

7.   Enclose all directly quoted material in quotation marks.

 

Note Card Styles

 

 

QUOTATION

 

PARAPHRASE

 

 SUMMARY
LENGTH:

same as original

same as original

 

main ideas only

ORDER:

same as original

 

same as original

 any order

LANGUAGE:

author’s

 

note-taker’s

note-taker’s

INTENT:

author’s

 

author’s

note-taker’s

WHEN USED:

when original wording is particularly apt and clear

brief piece of information; when original wording is undesirable

 

when only the main idea is important

                                                           

                                                      Adapted from: Franklin High School Guide to the Research Paper

 

               Source/Author’s name and page number                             Topic

 

 

Text Box: Anderson 143                                        Val. of Her.                                                                 Atheism     "Heratica is a ruthlessly efficient agent in eliminating religion.  Under pain of death, no citizen dares believe in anything but the state."     

 

                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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