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Tips for Notetaking

By hand Record the source information (Title, Author, Publisher, website etc) Read the original information. Cover it up. Take notes in your own words. Record direct quotes using quotation marks and don’t forget to record the page number

On a computer Colour Method Copy the source information (title, author, publisher, database, website) Copy the information directly from the website or other electronic resource. Colour all copied information in red. Read the information in red. Scroll down past the copied information and set the text colour back to black Record notes in your own words

On a computer Column Method Set your document to landscape Make a two column table Copy the source or website address to the first column Copy the actual information directly under the source informatin Highlight useful quotes in red and add page numbers where appropriate After reading the original, make notes in your own words in the second column

Be Organized. If you're organized, you won't copy someone else's work by mistake.