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Notetaking
Always use at least two sources!
 * To improve your skills, try this Note taking tutorial.**

**Record information**
Try the [|Fact Fragment Frenzy.] to practice notetaking. You can use a website like Evernote to collect your sources and make notes on line.
 * In your jotter
 * In a visual way, making a timeline, a web or a diagram
 * By making lists, columns, or outlines
 * By highlighting text
 * By using a template : [[file:doonlibrary/Keyword notetaking.dot|Keyword notetaking template]] - [[file:doonlibrary/quads.dot|QUADS template ]] - [[file:doonlibrary/reasearch grid.dot|reasearch grid template]]

Put a paragraph into your own words covering just the main points
 * Take notes by: - **
 * Paraphrasing**
 * Write some the information in your own words
 * Be clear and concise
 * One fact per line
 * Summarising**
 * To improve your skills, try this Summarising tutorial.**

Copy exactly. Put quotation marks round the sentence. Make a note of the source.
 * Quoting**

//**You are looking for:-**// //**NUTS = Something NEW to you**// //**Something USEFUL to your purpose**// //**Something you can TELL to SOMEONE else ( in your own words!)§**//

You should use no more than **ten** words per item or entry. Write down the key facts or ideas, names, numbers, and major events or happenings. //Remember to note details of your source.//

Other ways of organising information
For more on mindmaps go to Mindmapping tools. You could just use a pencil and paper, but if you would rather do it online try [|Readwritethink] to produce a mind-map and plan. Exploratreehas lots of thinking guides that you can use to plan your work. You can find lots of useful mind maps and other graphic organisers at [|Enchanted Learning] Click here for lots more on mind-mapping sites. Webspiration is a good thinking tool
 * Mind maps**
 * If you want more help with mindmaps go to the Mind maps tutorial.**

You might need to use a database to record a lot of information for a project, try this Databases tutorial.
 * Databases**

Copyright and plagiarism
Copyright law protects an author's work from being stolen. You cannot copy other people's words, images or sounds without their permission. If you copy someone else's ideas or work and pass it off as your own, you are cheating. Taking other people's work and pretending that it is your own is called plagiarism and if you are caught doing it, the SQA can disqualify from all your exams! Read this for more information - 

For everything you ever wanted to know about copyright, go to CLA

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 * This Prezi from Kilmarnock Academy Library explains how to avoid it.**


 * To improve your copyright spotting skills, try the Copyright Challenge.**


 * To improve your paraphrasing skills, try Plagiarism Challenge 1 then Plagiarism Challenge 2.**
 * To check you have not plagiarised, copy some of your work into the [|Plagiarism Tester]**

Creative Commons
Creative Commons works alongside copyright to allow people to share their creativity and knowledge in a way that allows the authors to control the use made of their work.

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 * To find out more about Copyright and Creative Commons :**

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 * To search for Creative Commons licensed materials use Search Creative Commons.**
 * Watch this video to see how to use Creative Commons Search.**


 * Look here for a comprehensive list of Copyright friendly resources **
 * For a more on Creative Commons resources, click here.**