Note Taking and Research

Note Taking and ResearchNote Taking and ResearchWhy, How, and What?

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Cy-Fair College Branch Library

Note Taking & Research - Note Taking & Research - Why?Why?

When researching a topic for class project, you usually need to find:

News ArticlesBooksInternet pagesVideos


Note Taking & Research - Note Taking & Research - Why?Why?Taking useful notes from these

information sources is important, but …


Note Taking & Research - Note Taking & Research - Why?Why?… how do I take & organize notes

that are truly helpful?

FAST FOOD Note 256

McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Jack-in-the-

Box, Taco Bell, Subway, KFC


Note Taking & Research - Note Taking & Research - Why?Why?

Keeping detailed notes from research sources:

Helps organize ideasGives credit to original authorFollows NHMCCD Academic Integrity Policy


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:How to Organize ItHow to Organize It

Organize information using:Index cardsSticky notesSheets of paperElectronic files


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources What to List for Sources UsedUsedWhen using various sources:

list identifying information for each source on separate cards

(see MLA format for citing sourcesexamples on next 2 slides)


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources What to List for Sources UsedUsedNote Card Example for a Book Source

FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS #24

Schlosser, Eric.

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Boston: Houghton, 2001.

Subject

Author

Title Information Source # Place of

Publication Publisher

Key to Numbers on Note Card Above:

Date of Publication


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources What to List for Sources UsedUsed

Note Card Example for a Article in aLibrary Database (ProQuest) Source

FAST FOOD-NUTRITION #25

Boyle, Matthew. “Can You Really Make Fast

Food Healthy.” Fortune 9 Aug. 2004: 134- .

Research Library. ProQuest. Cy-Fair Coll.

Lib., Cypress, TX. 18 Oct. 2005

<http://proquest.umi.com/login>.Subject Author Article TitleInformation Source #

Publisher of Database

Magazine Title, Date, Page Numbers

Database Name

Key to Numbers on Note Card Above:

Library Owning DatabaseDate When Article Was

FoundDatabase Search Page URL


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:How to List InformationHow to List Information

List in your notes:Summarized, paraphrased, or quoted information (PDF file link – click to review note-taking strategies)

Include ideas that support your research question

http://www.cy-faircollege.com/library/research/takingnotes.pdf

http://www.cy-faircollege.com/library/research/takingnotes.pdf



List in your notes:

1. Subject header for each note2. Important words in bold, capital

letters, or highlighting3. Number for each source and

letter for each note in that source




List in your notes:(see example on next slide)

4. Page numbers where information can be found

5. Source information abbreviated or complete (e.g., author, title, etc.)




List in your notes:

Schlosser, EricFast Food Nation

(paraphrased information) – Fast food restaurant working conditions frequently REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO FACE ARROGANT CUSTOMERS, upset about the service or their food. – p. 81

FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 24a



List in your notes:(see example on next slide)

Symbols & color coding for:


highlighted in pink

Direct quotations (DQ) –

highlighted in yellow

Your original ideas (OI) –



List in your notes:Color code your original ideas (OI)

in yellow highlighting

(OI) – When eating at fast food places, I go inside to order because I:

1. Believe they give better service there than at the drive through

2. Can see if they’re giving me food that fell on the floor

FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 23 (OI)



List in your notes:Color code direct quotations (DQ)

in pink highlighting

FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 24b (DQ)

(DQ) – “A Taco Bell employee said that food dropped on the floor was often picked up and served.” p. 222

Schlosser, EricFast Food Nation


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:More Tips for Keeping TrackMore Tips for Keeping Track

Extra tips for documenting sources: Keep all photocopies of sources

List all Internet sources used in your paper

Remember to cite non-text information such as charts, graphs, photos, and music


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:ReviewReview

• Why? - Keep track of information & abide by academic integrity rules

• How? – Use note cards or electronic files with unique numbers/letters for source information

• What? – Include text, photos, music, Internet pages, etc. that support your research question + source information


Note Taking & Research:Note Taking & Research:SourcesSources

Lester, James D. and James D. Lester, Jr. Writing

Research Papers: A Complete Guide. 10th ed. New

York: Longman, 2001.

Plotnick, Jerry. “Paraphrase and Summary.” U.

Coll.

Writing Workshop, U of Toronto. 28 Sept. 2005

<http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/paraphrase.ht

ml>.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of

the

All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton, 2001.

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