HomeNotetaking
Notetaking is reducing information into the most important facts.
- always write notes in point form;
- use headings or questions to guide your notes;
- cut paragraphs and sentences into short phrases that contain the main idea;
- use single words to replace a group of words; and
- keep a record of the resources you have used for your bibliography.
Research Notes - Sample
Title: DROMORNIS
Introduction
- bird related to cassowaries, emus
- extinct;
- lived prehistoric times
Description
- heaviest bird ever known;
- thick legs;
- toes like hooves;
- long, black feathers;
- 3 metres high
Habitat
- forest
- bones/fossils found Alice Springs
Behaviour
- food - plants;
- could not fit; and
- hunted on forest floor.