STEP Keeping a Research Log Workshop

Links to Useful Information

Remember, there is no universal guide for research notebooks/logs/journals.  You should consult your mentor for details and expectations.  The links below provide a host of information as a starting point.  Links open in a new window.

• "Do's and Don'ts for Keeping Lab Notebooks" from the Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration at Tufts University
            (http://techtransfer.tufts.edu/?pid=20&c=37)
   
• "Guidelines for Keeping a Laboratory Record" prepared for students in an Experimental Biosciences course at Rice University.
            (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/notebook/notebook.html)
   
• "The Laboratory Notebook" prepared for students in chemistry courses at Truman State University
            (http://chemlab.truman.edu/Notebook_Files/LabNotebook.htm)
   
• "Lab Notebook Guidelines" prepared for students in electrical engineering at Arkansas State.
            (http://engr.astate.edu/jdg/Circuits/Lab/LabNotebookGuidelines.html)
   
• "Guidelines for Laboratory Notebooks" from the Office of Research at the University of California, San Francisco.
            (http://www.research.ucsf.edu/QG/orQgNb.asp)
   
• "Example of an Annotated Laboratory Notebook" from the Biotechnology program at Madison Area Technical College.
            (http://matcmadison.edu/biotech/resources/methods/quality/annotatNotebk.htm)
   
• "Lab Book Guidelines" from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
            (http://www.warf.wisc.edu/inventors/index.jsp?cid=18)
   
• Summary of faculty activity at STEP workshop (5/24/2007) regarding critical components of a research notebook/log/journal.