(Part 2) Best laboratory notebooks according to redditors
We found 63 Reddit comments discussing the best laboratory notebooks. We ranked the 28 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Separate binders for chemicals, and equipment.
Keep a great inventory. If you can convince him to setup a server, keep the inventory on there, get a bar code label maker and label everything. Use an ipad/iphone/ipod touch to keep the inventory using a QR reader.
Also on your server, setup auto backups for every computer in your lab. Keep copies of presentations for group meetings. Buy great lab notebooks.
http://www.amazon.com/BookFactory%C2%AE-Economy-Blue-Notebook-E-LIRPE-096-LGR-A-LBT1/dp/B0062O8ZWS/ref=sr_1_9?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1382825309&sr=1-9
These are pretty great.
If you find useful pdf copies of books, keep those on your server as well. So when new students join, you can let them download the stuff asap. Do this for useful software, chemdraw, zotero (endnote, refworks, citation programs), igor, (origin, igor is better and works with macs and cheaper). Force assimilation on everyone in the lab, it makes keeping data open and understandable and sharable.
Setup schedules for maintaining equipment, ordering, inventory.
Pilot G2 pens. I prefer .5 but you can get them in .38 as well. Get used to doing things in pen and when a mistake is made you mark it out with a single line. Buy them in bulk so you always have one. Writing in pen makes you focus a lot more on what you are writing, which can help immensely with retaining it long term.
A notebook or binder for each class. If that class has a lab component get a separate lab notebook for it. One with numbered pages and a fillable table of contents. I like these.
A decent calculator. I carried a TI-89, but you don’t have to go that big if budget is a concern. Whichever one you get write your name in sharpie on the back and if possible inside the battery bay to make it easier to identify as yours if it winds up in lost and found.
Lastly and most importantly get the most comfortable mattress you can afford. If you are going to put money into any piece of furniture while you are in college it needs to be your mattress. A decent night’s sleep is your most important tool while learning. Even for those long nights a couple hours in a good mattress will go farther than 8 in a shitty one. This is a lesson I didn’t learn until graduate school and I wish I had learned it sooner.
Dude. The best engineering notebook ever. Get your company to buy it if you can. I found one in our supply closet and it is perfect for daily work, drawings, logging, and doodling.
https://www.amazon.com/Boorum-Pease-Laboratory-Notebook-L21-150-R/dp/B0006HXFJK
BookFactory Carbonless Student Lab Notebook - 100 Sets of Pages (8.5" X 11") (Duplicator) - Scientific Grid Pages, Durable Translucent Cover, Wire-O Binding (LAB-100-7GW-D (Student)) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AJOBRRM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mFGxDbGSW81J
this one seems okay
I've used this before....it's nice.
Roaring Spring Oversize Lab Book, 11 3/4" x 9 1/4", 76 sheets, Numbered https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HIGF1Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_2aZYBbKDXBKGE
Pilot G2 Retractable Premium Gel Ink Roller Ball Pens Bold Pt (1.) Dozen Box Black; Retractable, Refillable & Premium Comfort Grip; Smooth Lines to the End of the Page, America’s #1 Selling Pen Brand https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E6D3W6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_acZYBbXP1FYGK
Basic Care Naproxen Sodium Tablets, 300 Count https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074F2FSX4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TcZYBbS0NV0S0
So the top and bottom part of the page with the extra sections also need to be included?
Edit: I don't know, a quick search gave me this.
I also don't use crappy floppy lab books like this; spending ~$30 on a hardcovered proper lab book like this is amazing.
Although these were all I used in grad school
And I kill these in about 3-4 months. But I tend to write my thoughts on approaching the problems, which tend to be a bit wordy. Also, analytical chemistry tends to have a lot of graph data and references I stick in my books too (which take up entire pages).