Chapter 6

Chapter six acts as a continuation of previous chapters on researching your topic for your project. It picks up on the research instructions from chapter four and goes into greater depth about your note taking process. The chapter explains the best way for keeping track of your notes throughout the researching process by organizing printed information and digital information, and recording notes systematically. In your notes, they suggest that it would be good to include exact quotes, paraphrased passages of key ideas, summaries of whole passages, and/or your own reactions and thoughts about the passage. The chapter emphasizes that no matter how you organize your notes, it is best to stick with the same organizational style throughout the research process so that things do not fall through the cracks. The end of the chapter focuses on instructions for how to make and use a bibliography or annotated bibliography verses a works cited page.

I can really see how this chapter connects with the work we were doing for finding sources in class and the source analysis that has been assigned for homework.  I think the instructions for using the annotated bibliography are going to be very useful in the coming week as we gather more and more sources for our research projects. Another thing I found to be useful was the explanation of the rules for quoting a section of text. I have had this explained to me many times before, but it never seems to stick, so having yet another source refresh my memory and drill it into my head is always appreciated.