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THE SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK
A SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK IS USED TO:
• DOCUMENT ALL DETAILS OF YOUR WORK
• RECORD SAFETY / ASEPTIC PROTOCOLS
• CONFIRM SPECIFIC PROCEDURES
• AUTHENTICATE RESULTS OF TESTING
A SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT
IT MAY BE USED IN COURT TO REPORT RESULTS OR SETTLE DISPUTES
IT IS ALSO A HISTORICAL RECORD OF PRODUCTION
SET UP YOUR NOTEBOOK ACCORDING THE
FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:
SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK GUIDELINES:
• USE A BOUND OR COMPOSTION NOTEBOOK• USE BLACK INK FOR ALL ENTRIES• GRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. MAY BE
GLUED IN; OTHERWISE NO LOOSE PAGES • CORRECT ERRORS WITH ONE LINE THROUGH
THE ERROR AND INITIAL & DATE THE ENTRY• NUMBER EACH PAGE ON TOP OUTSIDE CORNER• PAGE #1 IS THE TITLE PAGE
LABEL TITLE PAGE AS FOLLOWS:
_____________________________________________
#1
NAME OF COURSE OR NAME OF COMPANY YOUR NAME CURRENT DATE
_____________________________________________
LABEL NOTEBOOK AS FOLLOWS:
PAGES 2 – 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS
(LABEL TOP OF EACH PAGE)
PAGES 6 - … RECORD OF WORK BEGINS
GLUE COPY OF :
LAB SAFETY RULES (INSIDE FRONT COVER)
LAB NOTEBOOK POLICY (INSIDE BACK COVER)
RECORDING PROCEDURE
• RECORD ALL OF YOUR WORK EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NOTEBOOK
• SIGN & DATE EVERY PAGE & AT COMPLETION OF EACH PROCEDURE
• DO NOT ERASE OR WHITE OUT ERRORS• MAINTAIN TABLE OF CONTENTS AS YOU ADD
TO NOTEBOOK ENTRIES• RECORD INFORMATION WITH SUFFICIENT
DETAIL FOR OTHERS TO INTERPRET, FOLLOW, & REPRODUCE
RECORDING PROCEDURE …
• STATE OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE OF EACH PROCEDURE OR EXPERIMENT
• PLACE “GO TO”(ON BOTTOM OF PAGE) OR “FROM PAGE #”(ON TOP OF PAGE) NOTE ON ANY WORK THAT CONTINUES ON ADDITIONAL PAGES IN NOTEBOOK
• EXPLAIN OR AVOID ABBREVIATIONS
• MAKE CLEAR REFERENCE TO MATERIAL THAT TIE IN WITH PROCEDURES
RECORDING PROCEDURE …
• HAVE AN UNBIASED INDIVIDUAL SIGN & DATE IMPORTANT ENTRIES IN NOTEBOOK
• SKIP LINES BETWEEN DATA, CHARTS & CONCLUSIONS TO AID UNDERSTANDING & INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION
• PRINT CLEARLY AND AVOID
AMBIGUITY IN THE INFORMATION RECORDED
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