Chapter 6

Chapter 6 focuses on taking good notes while managing the information gathered. It is very important to save websites, articles, or whatever used to obtain information so that you can go back to them in the future for more info, or to edit and revise. Taking notes along the way will not only help you save the information, but it will help you memorize some of the info. Taking notes also forces you to understand the information and put it in your own words. Doing this connects the source’s information to what you already know, which helps. There are different kinds of ways to save and organize information whether it be notes in a journal, creating bookmarks on different websites, and so on. Digital documents can be copied and pasted, but it is always important to watch out for plagiarism. When taking notes word for word, it is best to use quotations. If the information is put into a summery you still need to use a citation of the source. If you want to save conversations about the topic you can record them with a smartphone, or some kind of recording device. It is also good to make planning notes so that you have some sort of plan to go by along the way.