All notes must be written on cards.
- Use 3 x 5 cards for handwritten notes
- Learn about Park’s database for taking notes on the computer
Each notecard has three parts:
- Heading — from your outline
- Information on one idea from one source
- Source of the information (in abbreviated code) and page number
- Notecard headings include the main points of your topic.
List and number your sources as you use them.
- Type and store all information about each source. - Check the back of this booklet for the correct form. This list becomes your bibliography.
Read and reflect before you take notes.
Take notes in your own words.
Sample Notecard
Example of Paper Topic:
How Lewis and Clark Survived Exploring the Northwest
Notice how this card has one heading, one fact, related idea, and the source and page number.
