LibGuides: Note-Taking: A Quick Guide: Note-Taking Strategies for General Subjects

General Tips for Articles, Textbooks, or Lectures

Learning How to Take Notes
Identifying your best note-taking system
- Outlining method
- Mind map method
- QEC method
- Charting method
- Cornell method
- Reflecting on note-taking
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The Best Techniques for Taking Notes - Lifehacker
Taking notes as a student goes with the territory, but did you know many jobs and careers also require good notetaking skills. Find a method that works for you!
Reading and Note-Taking : eBook Chapter
In this chapter we will explore two skills you probably think you already understand—reading and note-taking. But the goal is to make sure you’ve honed these skills well enough to lead you to success in college. (From the online textbook, College Success by OpenStax)

The Art of Visual Notetaking by Emily Mills
Call Number: LB2395.25.M55 2019
ISBN: 9781633226227
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Visual Notetaking (also known as Sketchnoting) works with the brain to help visual learners capture and process information. You don't need to know how to draw, anyone can learn how to use simple lines, arrows, shapes, text , and how to use color to draw your eye to what's important.
How to Sketchnote by Sylvia Duckworth
Call Number: LB 2395.25 .D83 2018)
ISBN: 9781733646864
Publication Date: 2019-02-02
Some people process information better when they can see it as a picture. The pictures are not meant to be art. Text combined with lines, shapes, and colors can help you focus on important terms and concepts much more easily than just a page of text.