http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/Lcturnote.htm
Offers some key strategies for effective note taking and organizational techniques that save time during the process of note taking.

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/booknote.htm
Gives a three-step formula of taking active book notes in an effective and efficient way.

http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/notes.html
Some tips of how to take notes from research reading. Guide to recording and compressing valuable ideas in the researching process.

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/lac/guest/notes.html
Some ideas that simplify the taking notes process in lectures that aid the continuity of your critical thinking outside of class.

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Offers tips of how to take notes in preparation for writing essays.

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssayResearchNotes.html
A writer's guide to taking notes that are worthwhile, organized, and accurate. Gives links that correspond with taking valuable notes.