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    Chapter 5: Note-Taking

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    The document discusses different note-taking techniques for summarizing information from other sources. It describes taking notes in your own words by paraphrasing, summarizing in a sentence or two, or directly quoting. The steps for summarizing involve identifying the main parts of the source, writing mini-summaries of each section, determining the overall thesis, and drafting a summary combining the thesis and details. It also discusses organizing notes on index cards or in a notebook, and defines different types of plagiarism to avoid like word-for-word copying or failing to properly cite sources.

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    The document discusses different note-taking techniques for summarizing information from other sources. It describes taking notes in your own words by paraphrasing, summarizing in a sentence or two, or directly quoting. The steps for summarizing involve identifying the main parts of the source, writing mini-summaries of each section, determining the overall thesis, and drafting a summary combining the thesis and details. It also discusses organizing notes on index cards or in a notebook, and defines different types of plagiarism to avoid like word-for-word copying or failing to properly cite sources.

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    CHAPTER 5: NOTE-TAKING

    Note-taking does not only


    guarantee that you
    understood other peoples
    ideas about your topic on
    paper, but also ensures
    that you got your own
    ideas written down
    (1) You cannot tell
    ahead of time
    exactly what
    information you
    will need, and
    (2) You cannot copy
    everything that
    you read
    Paraphrase, summary,
    direct quotation
    Paraphrase
    See p. 79
    Summary

    See p. 79
    Direct quotation

    See p. 80
    See pp. 80-82
    Interpolation
    Steps 1-2: Main parts
    Step 3: Mini-summaries
    Step 4: Thesis
    Step 5: Summary
    Step 6 and 7: Review and
    refinement
    Main Parts

    Why take down notes

    It is important to remember that when you take down notes, you


    will meet two unavoidable difficulties:

    There are different types of notes to suit different types of purposes:


    Is a restatement of another authors ideas and arguments in your
    own words
    Though it^ seems easy enough to do, it is helpful to keep the
    following points in mind:
    Is also a restatement of anothers ideas, but unlike paraphrase, this
    is shorter. It is usually just a sentence or two, and it focuses mainly
    on the central idea of the material passage
    How to summarize:
    Quoting from the material means writing down the authors
    original words. No changes are made with regard to content
    Use this type^ if:
    When using direct quotation remember the following:
    A word or more of explanation to be inserted in a quotation(See p.
    81)
    Demonstration: How to summarize (See pp. 86-92)

    After thoroughly reading the material you will probably come up

    Mini-summaries

    Thesis
    Summary

    Review

    refinement
    Using note cards, using a
    notebook,
    See pp. 97-98
    See p. 99
    Plagiarism
    Word-for-word
    plagiarism, paraphrase
    plagiarism, mosaic
    plagiarism, source,
    incomplete citation
    See pp. 107-108
    See p. 108

    with the following division of its parts


    Now that you have identified the different parts of the material, as
    well as the main ideas of each section, you can now construct onesentence summaries. This step also ensures that you do not use the
    language of the original when making your summary
    To determine, go back to your mini-summaries and find out the
    main point of that these all point to
    Draft this by combining the thesis you formulated with the minisummaries you came up with. Always start with the thesis, and then
    arrange the details according to how these were organized in the
    original
    Entails comparing your summary with the original to make sure
    that the information is accurate and that you have not lifted words
    and phrases from the original
    Once you have finished editing the content of your summary, edit
    for language and coherence.
    Note taking techniques
    When using an note card, keep the following in mind:
    Questions
    See p. 102
    Is the act of using another persons ideas or words and passing these
    off as your own
    Types of plagiarism(explain.. see pp. 103-

    Avoiding plagiarism
    Safeguarding against plagiarism

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