Note-taking

diagram to visually organize information

diagram showing relationships among concepts

thumb|right|U.S. President Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter's notes from his private meeting with [[Pope John Paul II, October 6, 1979.]]

300px|thumb|upright|Checklists are useful for displaying main points. A checklist is a type of job aid used in repetitive tasks to reduce failure by compensating for potential limits of human memory and attention. Checklists are used both to ensure that safety-critical system preparations are carried out completely and in the correct order, and in less critical applications to ensure that no step is left out of a procedure. They help to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a task. A basic example is the "to do list". A more advanced checklist would be a schedule, which lays out

thumb|upright=1.35|This piece of Wahrheit und Dichtung by Melchior Kirchhofer has pencil notes that might have been written by [[Josef Eiselein.]] thumb|The Glosas Emilianenses are glosses added to this Latin codex that are considered the oldest surviving phrases written in the [[Castilian language.]] thumb|A page from an illuminated Armenian language|Armenian manuscript with painted marginalia

SQRRR or SQ3R is a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review. The method was introduced by Francis P. Robinson in his 1941 book Effective Study.

thumb|A German scholar's physical or card file thumb|A card file for personal knowledge management can be made up of notes containing numbers, tags (blue) and cross-references to other notes (red). A tag index (bottom right) allows topical cross-referencing. A '''''' (German: 'slipbox', plural ') or card file' consists of small items of information stored on (German: 'slips'; singular: ), paper slips or cards, that may be linked to each other through subject headings or other metadata such as numbers and tags. It has often been used as a system of note-taking and personal knowledge management

method of note-taking

method for personal organization

method of knowledge compiling

thumb|Sketchnoting definition Sketchnoting, also commonly referred to as visual notetaking, is the creative and graphic process through which an individual can record their thoughts with the use of illustrations, symbols, structures, and texts. By combining graphics with the traditional method of using text, the result is information that is captured and communicated visually and artistically. Sketchnoting can be used in a variety of settings and scenarios, such as at conferences, work meetings, classes in school, sporting events, and more. Some elements associated with sketchnoting techniques

Bookkeeping book or commonplace book