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Note Taking and Research

Note Taking and Research. Why, How, and What?. Affirmative Action/EEO College. Note Taking & Research - Why?. When researching a topic for class project, you usually need to find: News Articles Books Internet pages Videos. Note Taking & Research - Why?.

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Note Taking and Research

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  1. Note Taking and Research Why, How, and What? Affirmative Action/EEO College

  2. Note Taking & Research - Why? When researching a topic for class project, you usually need to find: • News Articles • Books • Internet pages • Videos Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  3. Note Taking & Research - Why? Taking useful notes from these information sources is important, but … Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  4. Note Taking & Research - 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 How can I make these notes better? Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  5. Note Taking & Research - Why? Keeping detailed notes from research sources: • Helps organize ideas • Gives credit to original author • Follows NHMCCD Academic Integrity Policy Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  6. Note Taking & Research:How to Organize It Organize information using: • Index cards • Sticky notes • Sheets of paper • Electronic files Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  7. Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources Used When using various sources: • list identifying information for each source on separate cards (see MLA format for citing sourcesexamples on next 2 slides) Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  8. Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources Used Note 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. Key to Numbers on Note Card Above: Subject Information Source # Author Title Place of Publication Publisher Date of Publication Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  9. Note Taking & Research:What to List for Sources Used 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>. Key to Numbers on Note Card Above: Subject Information Source # Author Article Title Magazine Title, Date, Page Numbers Database Name Publisher of Database Library Owning Database Date When Article Was Found Database Search Page URL Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  10. Note Taking & Research:How 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 Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  11. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes: • Subject header for each note • Important words in bold, capital letters, or highlighting • Number for each source and letter for each note in that source Include ideas that support your research question Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  12. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes: (see example on next slide) • Page numbers where information can be found • Source information abbreviated or complete (e.g., author, title, etc.) Include ideas that support your research question Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  13. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes: FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 24a Schlosser, Eric Fast 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 Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  14. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes:(see example on next slide) • Symbols & color coding for: Include ideas that support your research question Your original ideas (OI) – highlighted in yellow Direct quotations (DQ) – highlighted in pink Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  15. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes: Color code your original ideas (OI)in yellow highlighting FAST FOOD-PROBLEMSNote 23 (OI) • (OI) – When eating at fast food places, I go inside to order because I: • Believe they give better service there than at the drive through • Can see if they’re giving me food that fell on the floor Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  16. Note Taking & Research:How to List Information List in your notes: Color code direct quotations (DQ)in pink highlighting FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 24b (DQ) Schlosser, Eric Fast Food Nation (DQ) – “A Taco Bell employee said that food dropped on the floor was often picked up and served.” p. 222 Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  17. Note Taking & Research:More 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 Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  18. Note Taking & Research:Review • 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 Cy-Fair College Branch Library

  19. Note Taking & Research:Sources • 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.html>. • Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of theAll-American Meal. Boston: Houghton, 2001. Cy-Fair College Branch Library

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