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Lab notebook
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<p>A laboratory notebook (<a href="/facts/Colloquialism/HvEweYjS"><i>colloq.</i></a> lab notebook or lab book) is a primary record of <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a>. Researchers use a lab notebook to document their <a href="/facts/Hypotheses/gMABEJul">hypotheses</a>, <a href="/facts/Experiment/esltM54f">experiments</a> and initial analysis or interpretation of these experiments. The notebook serves as an organizational tool, a memory aid, and can also have a role in protecting any <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a> that comes from the research. </p>