Note-Taking Methods

- Always know why you are taking notes and what kind of notes you require.

- Review your notes at regular intervals to make sure they are relevant.

- Identify each set of notes. Write in the date, subject, author's name etc.  If you are making notes from a book write the page numbers of the book your notes refer to. If you have borrowed the book from a 1ibrary also record the call number and the library from which you borrowed the book . This also applies to internet URLs. This makes it easier to locate if you have missed something out or are required to provide a bibliography..

-          Be brief.  Concentrate on key words and phrases and ignore unimportant details.

-          Indicate main items by underlining, colour highlighting, indenting, numbering, lettering etc.

-          If you are writing notes from a class handout, write headings next to a paragraph on the handout and use the heading in your notes.

-     Make certain your notes make sense.