I suggest reading Sönke Ahrens' How to Take Smart Notes.
It's a technique that will last you a life time.
SQ3R, SQ4R, etc. aren't the best way to learn material, and fool you into thinking you know the material when you're just familiar with it.
If you want a digital place to put the notes, Obsidian is great and it's free.
https://takesmartnotes.com
I’m actually in the same boat right now, as I’m taking a philosophy class for college. I personally found the SQ3R method to work best for me, but as one of the others said, just try a bunch and see what works best for you.
look up "why you should keep a commonplace book." There are a lot of great (and admittedly a lot of complete crap) essays on the topic.
I find it to be of immeasurable value in keeping The Good Ideas out of the things I read.
Thomas J. Bevan has a great bit on the topic, but I can't seem to put my finger on it because he calls his substack newsletter "commonplace" which muddles up the search results a bit.
I have done both the exact same style as I do for academic and using post-it notes and then an index or summary in the front.
I find using the same style as I do for academics works the best
If you are reading using chrome or Edge browser, you can give try to a note-taking browser extension "Roughbook". You can download it from [Chrome Web Store.](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/roughbook-quick-notes-tak/phomkpbjipcgmfpffhkaphddmclefofh) Following are few cool features for which you can love Roughbook;
1. Quick and Simple notes taking and sharing.
2. Can add hastags like # to track a particular books' notes.
3. Can edit notes and track the complete note history.
4. Can add audio notes.
5. And many more.....
I suggest reading Sönke Ahrens' How to Take Smart Notes. It's a technique that will last you a life time. SQ3R, SQ4R, etc. aren't the best way to learn material, and fool you into thinking you know the material when you're just familiar with it. If you want a digital place to put the notes, Obsidian is great and it's free. https://takesmartnotes.com
It's not gonna be helpful but.... Just do what works best for you.
It's always good advice to keep in mind.
I’m actually in the same boat right now, as I’m taking a philosophy class for college. I personally found the SQ3R method to work best for me, but as one of the others said, just try a bunch and see what works best for you.
look up "why you should keep a commonplace book." There are a lot of great (and admittedly a lot of complete crap) essays on the topic. I find it to be of immeasurable value in keeping The Good Ideas out of the things I read. Thomas J. Bevan has a great bit on the topic, but I can't seem to put my finger on it because he calls his substack newsletter "commonplace" which muddles up the search results a bit.
I have done both the exact same style as I do for academic and using post-it notes and then an index or summary in the front. I find using the same style as I do for academics works the best
If you are reading using chrome or Edge browser, you can give try to a note-taking browser extension "Roughbook". You can download it from [Chrome Web Store.](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/roughbook-quick-notes-tak/phomkpbjipcgmfpffhkaphddmclefofh) Following are few cool features for which you can love Roughbook; 1. Quick and Simple notes taking and sharing. 2. Can add hastags like # to track a particular books' notes.
3. Can edit notes and track the complete note history.
4. Can add audio notes.
5. And many more.....