How to Take Useful Notes
Template for Lecture Notes
Download accessible version (Word doc) or this notetaking template to support your notetaking for lectures.
Video: Effective Lecture Notes
Template for Taking Notes on Readings
Taking Notes on Articles/Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This notetaking template encourages organized notetaking and uses questions to elicit analytical responses to a text. Available to download accessible version (Word doc).
Taking Notes on Scientific Papers
This notetaking template encourages organized notetaking and uses questions to elicit analytical responses to a scientific article. Available to download accessible version (Word doc).
Taking Notes for Research
Excel is another useful platform for notetaking; this template allows you to capture key ideas from a source and encourages you to think about how you will use the source.