Lab Note-Taking

Lab Notebooks, Techniques & Protocols

(Website, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

This guide explains how to organize and maintain your lab notebook with an annotated template.

Organizing Your Lab Notebook

(Website, Purdue University)

This resource provides tips on organizing your lab notebook with supporting videos, formatting data, as well as finding safety protocols and scientific references for lab work.

Keeping a Laboratory Notebook

(YouTube, Wake Forest Graduate Student)

This informative video shares a grad student’s perspective on the importance of keeping a lab notebook and maintaining it in research.

Ten Tips for Keeping a Better Lab Notebook

(YouTube, Gold Biotechnology, Inc.)

This video breaks down ten strategies to keep an effective lab notebook in terms of clarity and reliability.

Working in Groups

This toolkit explains how to work in group settings, including key steps to do before starting a project (or lab).

Taking Notes

Refresh your knowledge on how to take general notes effectively.

Foundational Skills

Watch these video tutorials to learn how to utilize online learning platforms, reformat digital documents, and more.

Why Do We Write at Universities? by Liam

Understand why documentation matters, depicting why you should strive to communicate your knowledge suit for a lab setting and other environments through this blogpost.