Note Taking Readings

The readings about note taking were very useful. I am almost afraid to write a research paper because of the guidelines. I have already done research on the Cold War and read a lot of information. From reading those information, I have develop thoughts. From those thoughts, I am not sure if they are my thoughts or thoughts I have read from the research conducted. In the article, the lady was doing research on an topic in history. She did some things that she did not mean to do in her research. She found out that she wrote things in her research that she didn't write or come up with. She suggested note taking skills like creating a reference log. She informed me to write down everything about the information gained. Where it came from? When did you access it? And other things of that nature. A person must write down everything when they are conducting a research to avoid plagiarism. It seems impossible to redeem my grade if I forget to put down everything inside of my work cited. These guidelines are making me feel bad about writing my research. I hope that my research of my research paper is good and I will do my best!