Note Taking and Research

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Note Taking and Research

• Why, How, and What?

Affirmative Action/EEO College
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Note Taking Research - Why?

• When researching a topic for class project, you
  usually need to find
• News Articles
• Books
• Internet pages
• Videos

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Note Taking Research - Why?

• Taking useful notes from these information
  sources is important, but

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Note Taking Research - Why?

• how do I take organize notes that are truly
  helpful?

FAST FOOD Note 256 McDonalds, Wendys,
Jack-in-the-Box, Taco Bell, Subway, KFC
How can I make these notes better?
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Note Taking Research - Why?

• Keeping detailed notes from research sources
• Helps organize ideas
• Gives credit to original author
• Follows NHMCCD Academic Integrity Policy

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Note Taking ResearchHow to Organize It

• Organize information using
• Index cards
• Sticky notes
• Sheets of paper
• Electronic files

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Note Taking ResearchWhat 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)

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Note Taking ResearchWhat 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
? Author
? Title
? Information Source
? Place of Publication
? Publisher
? Date of Publication
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Note Taking ResearchWhat 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 ?lthttp//proquest.umi.com/logingt
.
Key to Numbers on Note Card Above
?Subject
?Author
?Article Title
?Information Source
?Magazine Title, Date, Page Numbers
?Database Name
?Publisher of Database
?Library Owning Database
?Date When Article Was Found
?Database Search Page URL
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Note Taking ResearchHow to List Information
Include ideas that support your research question

• List in your notesSummarized, paraphrased, or
  quoted information (PDF file link click to
  review note-taking strategies)

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Note Taking ResearchHow to List Information
Include ideas that support your research question

• 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

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Note Taking ResearchHow to List Information
Include ideas that support your research question

• 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.)

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Note Taking ResearchHow 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
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Note Taking ResearchHow to List Information
Include ideas that support your research question

• List in your notes(see example on next slide)
• Symbols color coding for

highlighted in yellow
Your original ideas (OI)
highlighted in pink
Direct quotations (DQ)
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Note Taking ResearchHow to List Information

• List in your notes
• Color code your original ideas (OI)in yellow
  highlighting

FAST FOOD-PROBLEMS Note 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 theyre giving me food that fell on
  the floor

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Note Taking ResearchHow 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
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Note Taking ResearchMore 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

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Note Taking ResearchReview

• 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

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Note Taking ResearchSources

• 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 lthttp//www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/paraphrase
  .htmlgt.
• Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation The Dark Side
  of theAll-American Meal. Boston Houghton, 2001.