appendix a. skimming your sources and taking notes © 2010 by bedford/st. martin's1 to skim a...
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Appendix A. Skimming Your Sources and Taking Notes © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's 1
To skim a book,read the following parts
• The preface and introduction• The acknowledgements• The table of contents• The notes at the end of the chapters or the
end of the book• The index• A few paragraphs from different portions of the
text
Appendix A. Skimming Your Sources and Taking Notes © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's 2
To skim an article,read the following parts
• The abstract• The introduction• The notes and references• The headings and several of the paragraphs
Appendix A. Skimming Your Sources and Taking Notes © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's 3
Three types of note taking:
• Paraphrasing – rephrasing someone else’s words with your own words.
• Quoting – making a verbatim copy of the original.
• Summarizing – using your own words to rewrite a passage to make it shorter without losing the essential message.
Appendix A. Skimming Your Sources and Taking Notes © 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's 4
Record bibliographical information as you go
• Author• Title• Title of the periodical (if applicable)• Publisher (for books)• Place of publication (for books)• Date of publication• Volume and number (for periodicals) • Pages• Call number