1. Note Taking Skills
Gayle E. Wood, M.Ed.
Director of Access and Diversity

2. Note-Taking Skills
 Write only on one side of the paper.
 Use a 3-ring binder so that you can
keep your notes organized.
 Create a lost signal to use whenever
you get lost taking notes.

3. Note-Taking Skills
 Make sure your notes are
labeled and your pages are
numbered.
 Put your name on each
page.
 Use standard abbreviations.
 listen for introductory,
concluding, and transitional
words and phrases.

4. Note-Taking Skills
 Leave space between your notes.
 Use words and phrases, instead of
complete sentences, if possible.
 Copy diagrams, equations, dates,
definitions, and illustrations word-for-
word.

5. Styles of Note Taking
 Cornell Method
 Outline Form
 Mind Maps
 Paragraphs
 Charts

6. Online Resources
 Introduction to Note Taking
 www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/notetake.pdf
 Note Taking in Lecture and Classroom
Discussions
 http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/notes/
 Note Taking and Listening
 www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm#motivation
 Note Taking Styles
 http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/studyskills/taking_not
es.pdf

7. Online Resources
 Introduction to Note Taking
 www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/pdf/notetake.pdf
 Note Taking in Lecture and Classroom
Discussions
 http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/notes/
 Note Taking and Listening
 www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm#motivation
 Note Taking Styles
 http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/studyskills/taking_not
es.pdf