3. Label your notes intelligently
Whether you use cards or pages for notes-taking, notes in a way that allows for later use.
๏ Save bother later by developing the habit of recording bibliographic information in a master list when you begin looking at each source. Then you can quickly identify each note by the author’s name and page number; when you refer to sources in the essay you can fill in details of publication easily from your master list. Keep a format guide handy.