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A. TAKING NOTES
1. Two goals: _________________________________ and
______________________________
2. How do you take notes?
3. Use your __________________________ ______________ efficiently
4. Let your __________________________ __________________________ guide
you
5. Make your ________________________ so clear that someone else could write the paper
6. Write on only ________________ side of the paper
7. Keep on top of your ________________________ (Don’t let it get on top of you!)
8. You will not always use every piece of information you ____________________________, but you
want to have _____________________________ information to choose from. If you don’t, you will
be just scraping by, and your paper will show it.
9. If you photocopy or print resources, make sure to highlight or mark useful information, document
the title and copyright pages, and be selective!
10. Use computer search programs and save files in folders that contain the information you need.

Main Principles of Reading for Research
I. Process Each Source Quickly
A. Process each source only _____________________.
B. Read enough to understand the ____________________________.
C. Take whatever ___________________ you need.
D. Write down all the ___________________________________ ________________________________ (all
relevant dates and location details) NOW for every source you will or might use. (You’ll waste time trying
to find it later, or you may forget where you found it.)
E. Use a ____________________________________ for similar words if you are having trouble finding
resources (i.e.: instead of using “sow,” you could use scatter, disseminate, seed, plant)

II.
III. Read Selectively
A. For books:
1. Check title page, preface, foreword, ______________________________
2. Check ____________________ ______ _____________________________
3. Check the index; compare it with the table of contents
4. Read ______________________________ and ________________ of each chapter
5. Skim ____________________________________ in each chapter
6. Skim or read a summary or conclusion chapter
7. If the book is confusing or controversial, find ______________________ _______________________
_________________________.

B. For articles:
1. Read an _________________________ if you can find one quickly
2. Look for ____________________________________, if any.
3. Read the beginning and ending paragraphs
4. Glance at the ________________________
5. If you still don’t have a good enough idea of the contents, _______________ _________
__________________________ ____________________________

a. Consider narrowing your list of sources:
i. _________________ many sources to find good ones

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