Taking Field Notes for the First Time

Tips, templates, and tactics for learning how to collect data in the field.

For those who have never taken field notes before, this brief set of tutorials gives you some initial direction on basics like: how to format and organize your field notes, what to look for and write down, how to enter and exit the field, and more.


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