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
Guided Reading Chart
This notetaking template is a helpful active reading tool to help identify questions you can ask of the reading as you move through it. Adapt the questions as needed. Download the Guided Reading Chart template (Word doc).
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. Download the Note Template for Articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences. (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.