Chapter 6 of the Bedford Researcher discusses the various tactics and methods to Managing Information and Taking Notes; storing the sources for your research paper. As one of the best researching skills, the chapter starts off by listing ways to keep the sources you cite. In the various notes-- written, printouts, databases, library articles, books, photocopies, etc.; then proceeds to direct the reader in how to keep the information organized and ready for use. From copying-and-pasting from the source to your document, saving the webpage onto your computer, emailing the documents to yourself or your peers, using your phone as a super-notepad, bookmarking the page onto your browser, using the clipping tool on Windows to save an image of a web page-- it's vital to keep your sources available and backed up.
After explaining the obvious-- why notes should be taken, it goes into the methods of taking notes. It stresses consistency in storage of notes, quoting directly from the source, using modified quotations with ellipsis to cut down on filler, modifying quotes with brackets to put it back into context, using the "sic" bracket to identify quoted errors, and the importance of careful paraphrasing and summarizing.
I can utilize this chapter's lessons by taking notes from my sources in the fashion provided in the textbook.
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