In chapter 6 of The Bedford Researcher it gave a lot of tips on how to manage information and effective ways to take notes on sources. It highly encouraged creating some type of filing system from the very beginning of your project. You have to decide how you will group together your information, remember to date all notes and verify that publication information is on each document. It also encouraged writing a small note on sources to remind you of why it is relevant to your topic. You will also have to decide how you will save all of your digital information. Will you copy and paste all URL to a word document in order to have a hard copy. It also talked about ways that you can save a source to your computer by using certain commands. You can also email yourself your sources. You can bookmark helpful websites, record information in your smartphone using the recorder or ap organizers.
This chapter covered the importance of taking notes and finding a consistent method to do it. It helps you to keep track of information, opposing arguments and other ideas. It saves you time if you are able to reflect back on organized notes to aid you in creating a first draft. By paraphrasing and summarizing sources you are able to connect to your issue and draw some conclusions.
It also covered how to properly quote passages and correctly use ellipsis and brackets. This chapter gave great tips on how to paraphrase, summarize and avoid plagiarism.
It went over how to manage and classify sources. As time goes on in your research you will notice sources arguing your issue. You will be able to find sources that are connecting to the original ones that captured your interest. Bibliographies are good to keep track of sources by doing a complete documentation of them. You can do it as a working one or make an annotated one.
This chapter covered the importance of taking notes and finding a consistent method to do it. It helps you to keep track of information, opposing arguments and other ideas. It saves you time if you are able to reflect back on organized notes to aid you in creating a first draft. By paraphrasing and summarizing sources you are able to connect to your issue and draw some conclusions.
It also covered how to properly quote passages and correctly use ellipsis and brackets. This chapter gave great tips on how to paraphrase, summarize and avoid plagiarism.
It went over how to manage and classify sources. As time goes on in your research you will notice sources arguing your issue. You will be able to find sources that are connecting to the original ones that captured your interest. Bibliographies are good to keep track of sources by doing a complete documentation of them. You can do it as a working one or make an annotated one.
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