You Should Be Keeping a Research Notebook

A detailed research notebook is an indispensable tool for keeping track of what you've done and when you did it. In this video, I'll walk you through a few simple rules I use for my notebooks, and show examples of how to implement them in yours. If you think keeping notes is a waste of time, then maybe this video isn't for you, and we can't be friends.

00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - Background
00:49 - Notebook types
01:49 - Writing utensils
02:22 - General content structure
02:47 - Page numbering
03:11 - Dates and highlighting
04:33 - Referencing pages and notebooks
05:10 - Adding figures
05:22 - Extra notes, corrections
06:05 - Finishing up

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This is how I do it. There is no right answer here. Do what you want.

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