Research Writing Process (Book)

TAKING NOTES

As you conduct your research, take notes and write out quotations related to your thesis.

General Tips:

• Keep all notes on index cards in Noodle Tools.
• Keep actual notes written on articles in Google Docs (include a citation for your Google Docs so you know where you can find it).
• Record important details and quotations, along with the page numbers where this information can be found.
• Use an ellipsis (. . .) if you need to leave words out of a quotation. Use brackets ( [...] ) around your own words that are added to quotations.
• Give each card a slug (a word or a phrase to highlight the main idea of that note card).

PQSD

Use the PQSD format to guide your note taking.

• P stands for Paraphrase.
• Q stands for Quote.
• S stands for Summary.
• D stands for Definition.