"An effective researcher is a good record keeper", meaning the information they receive is managed in an orderly fashion. One good thing to do is always keep track of your sources and their information just in case you want to add it to your paper. Without having the accurate information on your sources your audience won't be able to go back and look them up just for further research. If your not well organized when you write, a good way to keep track of your information is to print it out or make a copy.
Annotating and writing what the source says on the side is a good way of practicing your understanding of what they mean. Sometimes most of us don't mean to do plagiarism but we do when we try to reorder the words or mix some of our own words into what the sources gave us. The main ways to do notes is to summarize, paraphrase, and quoting. A summary is the reading in a shortened down version. Paraphrasing is retelling what you read into your own words and quoting is just picking out the exact words the source says.
This chapter stuck out to me because when I have to write a paper I tend to use the evidence in my writing but the mixed up way. I try to put my own words in with the ones from my source without knowing its honestly considered plagiarism. With this information I now know how to do the three types of note taking, it helps to know what the definition is of each one and have examples shown. This is going to help me when I write and need to back up my thesis or the position I stand in.
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