Academic Support - Study Support

Response

Notes from text can help you:

when you have borrowed the book from the library and so won't have easy access to it later
when you are reading, to help you concentrate more carefully and learn better
when the material needs reordering and reorganising in a way that suits your learning
when you record a sequence for later use; for instance, how to follow a procedure

BUT you may not need to take notes from everything you read because:

you may find that the material is not relevant or helpful
the material is already in a concise form you can use again later in your learning
your notes should only contain what you wish to remember

Remember

To capture the essentials of the author's argument or discussion don't try to make notes until you've finished reading a section.