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 ===== NOTES ===== This is how I do it. There is no right answer here. Do what you want. ===== LINKS ===== Note: These are Amazon affiliate links. If you use these links to purchase any of the items, it helps me out a little bit. ► Oxford Composition Notebook (100 sheets, quad ruled), $4.49 at this moment https://amzn.to/3wTIZLV ► National Laboratory Notebook (96 sheets, quad ruled), $10.79 at this moment https://amzn.to/3yXHYEb ► Adams Record Ledger (300 pages, my preference), $34.11 at this moment https://amzn.to/2S0aaFO ► Pilot G2 0.7mm (five-color pack: black, blue, red, green, purple), $6.79 at the moment https://amzn.to/3uH76vI ► Pilot G2 0.7mm (5 black, 5 blue), $15.97 at the moment https://amzn.to/3vGYExX ► BIC Brite Liner Grip Highlighter (five-color pack: pink, blue, green, orange, yellow), $4.89 at the moment https://amzn.to/34AiZcl