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Page 1: Note Taking Overview

Note-Takingwith the

ElectronicNote Cards

Page 2: Note Taking Overview

What is needed on a card?

• Source # - where did you get your source?– Number your sources

or– Author’s last name– Do not include title only – many times you will have

the same title for several articles.

Page 3: Note Taking Overview

What is needed on a card?

• Main Idea– What is the main idea for your notes?– One idea per note card– Don’t be too general with your main idea. For

example, your paper’s topic should not be a main idea.

Page 4: Note Taking Overview

What is needed on a card?

• Notes• See Paraphrase, Summarize, and Direct Quote

Slideshare on this libguide.

Page 5: Note Taking Overview

What is needed on a card?

Source CardThe very last note card is a list of sources and

the number or author you provided in the source card box. It doesn’t need to be formatted like a Works Cited page.

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Color Code Cards

• See video also located on your Libguide.

• Color the same main ideas and like ideas into one color.

• How?– Right click on the card– Choose Background then color

Page 7: Note Taking Overview

Decision on Punishment

• Laws should be changed so that once jurors have unanimously determined a person’s guilt, the decision to charge capital punishment should be determined by the judge, not the jury (Wooten).

Wooten

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You might not useeverything you write down.

Paraphrase 90% of the time.

*use your own words

*not substituting one word for another

*make a new phrase/sentence structure

If quoting (10% of time),

use quotation marks.

“ ”

Note the page number

(if book)

and identify the source

- see example.

Include main idea/topic.

Main idea/topic helpsyou organize the your note cardslater.

Notes fit your essentialquestion.