ORGANISING

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During this step you need to ask yourself:​
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• How can I organise this information to solve my problem/complete my task?
• Have I:
  • made notes under my focus questions or organised my notes to match them?
  • recorded details of my sources of information for my Reference List/Bibliography?
• Do I have enough information?

STRATEGIES FOR ORGANISING

Select a suitable note making method for recording the information you find

• ​General notemaking templates
• How to take study notes: 5 effective note taking methods
• Writing frameworks for more specific formats
  
  
• Use a note taking tool like OneNote. Login to your Office365 account.​​

Write down the relevant notes in the note making format you have chosen.

• Note making - Using symbols and abbreviations

Create a Reference List / Bibliography.

• MLSHS Referencing System
• Or use Citefast or MyBib to create your Reference List / Bibliography​

Create an annotated Bibliography.

• How to write annotated bibliographies

​Check you have covered all aspects of the set task by checking your task sheet.

• Consider questions like:
  • Have I answered all of the questions / sections?