1. THE SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK

2. A SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK IS USED TO:
DOCUMENT ALL DETAILS OF YOUR WORK
RECORD SAFETY / ASEPTIC PROTOCOLS
CONFIRM SPECIFIC PROCEDURES
AUTHENTICATE RESULTS OF TESTING

3. A SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT
IT MAY BE USED IN COURT TO REPORT RESULTS OR SETTLE DISPUTES
IT IS ALSO A HISTORICAL RECORD OF PRODUCTION

4. SET UP YOUR NOTEBOOK ACCORDING THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES:

5. SCIENTIFIC NOTEBOOK GUIDELINES:
USE A BOUND OR COMPOSTION NOTEBOOK
USE BLACK INK FOR ALL ENTRIES
GRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. MAY BE
GLUED IN; OTHERWISE NO LOOSE PAGES
CORRECT ERRORS WITH ONE LINE THROUGH THE ERROR AND INITIAL & DATE THE ENTRY
NUMBER EACH PAGE ON TOP OUTSIDE CORNER
PAGE #1 IS THE TITLE PAGE

6. LABEL TITLE PAGE AS FOLLOWS:
_____________________________________________ #1
NAME OF COURSE OR
NAME OF COMPANY
YOUR NAME
CURRENT DATE

7. LABEL NOTEBOOK AS FOLLOWS:
PAGES 2 – 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS
(LABEL TOP OF EACH PAGE)
PAGES 6 - … RECORD OF WORK BEGINS
GLUE COPY OF :
LAB SAFETY RULES (INSIDE FRONT COVER)
LAB NOTEBOOK POLICY (INSIDE BACK COVER)

8. RECORDING PROCEDURE
RECORD ALL OF YOUR WORK EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NOTEBOOK
SIGN & DATE EVERY PAGE & AT COMPLETION OF EACH PROCEDURE
DO NOT ERASE OR WHITE OUT ERRORS
MAINTAIN TABLE OF CONTENTS AS YOU ADD TO NOTEBOOK ENTRIES
RECORD INFORMATION WITH SUFFICIENT DETAIL FOR OTHERS TO INTERPRET, FOLLOW, & REPRODUCE

9. RECORDING PROCEDURE …
STATE OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE OF EACH PROCEDURE OR EXPERIMENT
PLACE “GO TO”(ON BOTTOM OF PAGE) OR “FROM PAGE #”(ON TOP OF PAGE) NOTE ON ANY WORK THAT CONTINUES ON ADDITIONAL PAGES IN NOTEBOOK
EXPLAIN OR AVOID ABBREVIATIONS
MAKE CLEAR REFERENCE TO MATERIAL THAT TIE IN WITH PROCEDURES

10. RECORDING PROCEDURE …
HAVE AN UNBIASED INDIVIDUAL SIGN & DATE IMPORTANT ENTRIES IN NOTEBOOK
SKIP LINES BETWEEN DATA, CHARTS & CONCLUSIONS TO AID UNDERSTANDING & INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATION
PRINT CLEARLY AND AVOID
AMBIGUITY IN THE INFORMATION RECORDED