Research Writing Process (Book)
Find the following links to be useful in learning about the research writing process.
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.