Research+Notes

Instructions for **Research Notes** **Required elements of research notes** **Formats allowed** **Other reminders:**
 * a “set” of research notes is a complete set of notes from a particular source. Generally, a set of notes should fill at least a side of a sheet of notebook paper or consist of 8-10 cards minimum. Start with sources that will give you lots of information.
 * The specific source (listed on bibliography) the notes are coming from
 * A specific page number or numbers (not too broad a range) for each piece of information or each "note" if the source has pages
 * Whether the notes are paraphrased (which should be most of them) or “quoted directly”
 * notebook paper (one source per page), or
 * index cards (one complete piece of information from one source per card)--so a "set" of notes would be multiple cards for each source
 * Notes are hand written, not highlighted printouts
 * Notes are 98% paraphrased. Do the work of paraphrasing as you take notes. It will help you
 * learn the information
 * write the paper easily
 * avoid plagiarism