Doing Research in Music

Writing and Citing

READING

• When you're taking notes on what you read, put an author's words in quotation marks so you know what language belongs to someone else.
• Instead of highlighting, write in the margins about why the information is important.

WRITING

• Answer your questions from the previous steps, using evidence.
• Think about treating the answer to each question as a separate section of your paper.

CITING

• Cite the evidence while you write to avoid losing the information and having to retrace your steps. 
• Use this Citing Alternate Formats in Chicago Style guide for all your Notes and Bibliography entries!