Originally Posted by Saamboy

The general method adopted for making notes is, at least that's what I do:

1. Decide which books you need to study.
2. Once you have decided, mark important things using a high-lighter while you study them.
3. Write down the high-lighted material in the form of bullets or points.
4. Revise them whenever you take the exam.
5. Emphasis should be on references and the sequence of events.
6. Keep in mind that this is the basic skeleton on which you have to base your discussion or answers.

PS. You can merge points of the same topic from different resources.