Note-Taking Skills 

• Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes
  Learn "how to transcribe a lecture in a way that makes studying and cross-references a breeze throughout the semester - no copying involved."
• The Modified Cornell Note-taking Sytem
  Discusses the Cornell note-taking system and how to combine it with other ways of taking class notes.
• Notetaking Systems
  Briefly discusses 5 popular methods of taking effective notes with comments on their advantages and disadvantages and when it is best to use each one.

 Note-Taking Tools 

see also: Office Tools

• CintaNotes Win
  "A free, lightweight and user-friendly personal notes manager. CintaNotes lets you quickly save and tag any useful information that you come across or just need to jot down."
• Evernote Mac, Win and Firefox
  "Capture anything. Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see. Access anywhere. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone and mobile device out there. Find things fast. Search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images."
• LiveBinders online
  "Your 3-ring binder for the Web. Collect your resources. Organize them neatly and easily" with your own tabs and notes.
• Notely online
  "Notely is the new tool for students of all ages looking for help to get better grades. Notely has all the tools a student could need, schedule, calendar, note-taking, homework planner and more." This is an excellent tool for students.
• NoteStar online
  "NoteStar is an Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page."
• Scribe Mac, Win (especially for research)
  "Scribe allows you to manage your research notes, quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries. You can create, organize, index, search, link, and cross-reference your note and source cards. "
• Shelfster Mac, Win, mobile; browser add-ons (especially for research)
  Tool for organizing and annotating notes and links with an integrating online document editor. Great for writers and researchers
• Simplenote online, mobile
  "Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. Keep notes on the web, your mobile device, and your computer. Find notes quickly with instant searching and simple tags. Share a list, post some instructions, or publish your thoughts."
• Springnote online, mobile
  "Springnote is a free online notebook based on wiki. ... Springnote allows you to create pages, to work on them together with your friends, and to share files."
• Springpad online (notes, organizer, sharing)
  "Quickly and easily save ideas and information you want to remember. Springpad automatically categorizes your stuff and enhances it with useful links. Share your stuff, set reminders and get alerts to relevant news, offers and deals."
• Symbaloo and Symbaloo Edu online
  Symbaloo lets you set up an online desktop with your favorite sites and feeds right at hand, and allows the creation of new tabs which can be used for gathering pages about different topics.
• TrackClass online
  "TrackClass helps you get your school work organized. From reminders to notes to assignments and grades, you'll be on top of your studies!
• Zotero Firefox addon (especially for research)
  "A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources."