{"id":446,"date":"2021-03-30T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=446"},"modified":"2021-10-11T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:17:09","slug":"introduction-to-taking-notes","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/chapter\/introduction-to-taking-notes\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Keeping Track","rendered":"Introduction to Keeping Track"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3018\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5599\/2021\/03\/11170159\/baby-shower-300x153.png\" alt=\"Couple opening gifts at a baby shower\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/>Let's say your sister and her partner are having a baby shower.\u00a0You and your family have planned a lovely event, and everyone has a great time. The playlist is perfect, you managed to find enough chairs for everyone, and the cupcakes came out beautifully. Your sister and her partner open the presents: so many thoughtful gifts! Clothes, toys, books, and all sorts of gear.\r\n\r\nThe day after the party, your sister calls you and says \"I want to write thank-you cards for all the amazing gifts, but I can't remember who gave us what! This is so embarrassing!\" Being the good sibling that you are, you save the day: \"I knew this would happen, so I took notes while you were opening the presents. I'll text you the list.\" Your sister owes you one.\r\n\r\nThe same thing happens in research writing.\u00a0 When you\u2019re looking for sources and have started searching through different resources, it can be difficult to remember where you found that material later.\u00a0 Also, after you\u2019ve located the material you want to use, you have to determine what is most useful to incorporate in the essay and what is helpful information for you to use as you form your argument.\u00a0 This section will help you take notes along the way and keep track of all of your material.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3018\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5599\/2021\/03\/11170159\/baby-shower-300x153.png\" alt=\"Couple opening gifts at a baby shower\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/>Let&#8217;s say your sister and her partner are having a baby shower.\u00a0You and your family have planned a lovely event, and everyone has a great time. The playlist is perfect, you managed to find enough chairs for everyone, and the cupcakes came out beautifully. Your sister and her partner open the presents: so many thoughtful gifts! Clothes, toys, books, and all sorts of gear.<\/p>\n<p>The day after the party, your sister calls you and says &#8220;I want to write thank-you cards for all the amazing gifts, but I can&#8217;t remember who gave us what! This is so embarrassing!&#8221; Being the good sibling that you are, you save the day: &#8220;I knew this would happen, so I took notes while you were opening the presents. I&#8217;ll text you the list.&#8221; Your sister owes you one.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing happens in research writing.\u00a0 When you\u2019re looking for sources and have started searching through different resources, it can be difficult to remember where you found that material later.\u00a0 Also, after you\u2019ve located the material you want to use, you have to determine what is most useful to incorporate in the essay and what is helpful information for you to use as you form your argument.\u00a0 This section will help you take notes along the way and keep track of all of your material.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-446\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Baby Shower. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Fotos_PDX. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7SKygf\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7SKygf<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Lumen Learning authored content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Keeping Track. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":161083,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"lumen\",\"description\":\"Keeping Track\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Baby Shower\",\"author\":\"Fotos_PDX\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7SKygf\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"b9587045-c6bf-4c3c-9b8f-905245838bf5","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-446","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":77,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161083"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3020,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/446\/revisions\/3020"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/77"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/446\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-englishcomp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}