Summaries: What are WorldSupporter Summaries & Study Notes, and how to create or use them?

Why add a Summary or Study Note?

This content type allows you to explain a certain subject. This can be based on your own texts or on summarized versions of study material
Many Supporters use this content type for university course material, but feel free to use it as a broad tool for knowledge transfer
Always make sure that you do not violate copyright if you use material from others and make good use of source listings

tip 1: by adding category tags your content will be easier to find by people with similar interests that not yet follow your account
tip 2: bring several summaries together and create easier navigation for yourself and your followers
tip 3: add an image in the 'image' field, because it will be used to highlight your contribution on your profile and other spotlight locations on WorldSupporter. Without an image your avatar will be used for these purposes.

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How to use and find summaries, study notes en practice exams on JoHo WorldSupporter?

There are several ways to navigate the large amount of summaries, study notes en practice exams on JoHo WorldSupporter.

Starting Pages: for some fields of study and some university curricula editors have created (start) magazines where customised selections of summaries are put together to smoothen navigation. When you have found a magazine of your likings, add that page to your favorites so you can easily go to that starting point directly from your profile during future visits. Below you will find some start magazines per field of study
Follow authors or (study) organizations: by following individual users, authors and your study organizations you are likely to discover more relevant study materials.
Search tool: quick & dirty - not very elegant but the fastest way to find a specific summary of a book or study assistance with a specific course or subject. The search tool is available at the bottom of most pages or on the Search & Find page
Tags & Taxonomy: gives you insight in the amount of summaries that are tagged by authors on specific subjects. This type of navigation can help find summaries that you could have missed when just using the search tools. Tags are organised per field of study and per study institution. Note: not all content is tagged thoroughly, so when this approach doesn't give the results you were looking for, please check the search tool as back up

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JoHo members: JoHo WorldSupporter members can share content directly and have access to all content: Join JoHo and become a JoHo member
Non-members: When you are not a member you do not have full access, but if you want to share your own content with others you can fill out the contact form