HOW TO ANNOTATE YOUR RESEARCH MATERIALS

Summer Work Series // How to Annotate a Text // Annotation Tools & Tips

College instructors - grad students, adjuncts, tenure-track, or tenured - tend to devote a lot of time to research over the summer while our teaching load is lighter or non-existent. Reading and annotating academic books, journal articles, and other texts take up a lot of our time. But, with all the books and articles we use in our research, what tools can we use to keep everything organized?

I describe my favorite research tools in this video, but for tips on how to structure your research routine over the summer, check out my related blog post: evereducating.com/summer-research

I've also created a "Summer Research Routine Checklist" and have added it to my free resource library. Since you're just starting to get to know me, though, here's a direct link to the PDF: evereducating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Su…

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