Your purpose for notemaking

How you make your notes will depend both on the structure of the text you are noting from and your purpose for noting. Choose from the following purposes for the notes you want to make:

• forming an overview of the main ideas in your text
• finding specific information or the answer to a particular question
• gaining background information on a certain topic
• gathering information for an assignment or other task: a presentation, essay, report
• preparing for an exam

Whatever your purpose, it is a good idea to record the bibliographic details of the text you are reading.

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