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Notion Template For Students: Book Notes

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The Student Library Dashboard

There are three databases in the analytical book notes template. One is the Student Library, the next is a database for Quotes, and lastly a database for Key Themes. Each database connects to one another via a relation property.

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To begin using the template, start by adding a new book, play, or publication to the Student Library (Bookshelf) database. Inside the body of your new entry will be an option to select a new book template.

New Book Template Page

After clicking the new book template and filling out all the sections, it should look something like this:

Quotes from sections/chapters will sit at the top of the parent publication’s page.

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Input biography of the author and historical context.

Discover key themes from chapters and describe how they relate below.

There is a window at the bottom of every book page that allows the user to break down the book or publication into sections/chapters.

New Book Section/Chapter Template

After creating a new section via the body of the book page you can select the template new section and start analyzing.

  • Write a general summary for the section.

  • An inline template button allows you to add new notable events and a summary box to analyze the corresponding event. You’ll find this template button under the “Analysis” header.

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At the bottom of each section/chapter page is a window to add notable quotes and key themes. The key themes and quotes will collect populate in the corresponding parent book/publication’s home page automatically.

The Key Themes Template

The Key Themes database gives the user a separate place to sift through unique themes from across the entire library. Each theme shows where the theme can be found in a section/chapter, and what parent publication the section is a part of.

Example Of A Completed Quote Page

The quote database is fairly straightforward. The title of every entry will be the quote and the other properties explain who the quote is coming from and where it can be found in the corresponding book.

All quotes can be added to section/book pages.

Further Reading

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