Guidance on Organizing your Research
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What is PKM?by Professor Paul Dorsey
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Research Organization and Time ManagementExcellent guidance on ways to organize your research process from Dr. Raul Pachego-Vega.
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Getting Things DoneBy David Allen
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How to Write a Thesis by Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis. Written in the 1970s it still offers timeless recommendations on how to get going with a writing project.
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How to "Get Going" on the Writing ProcessExcellent tips offered by Harry Wolcott from the book "Writing up Qualitative Research".
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Two Types of Literature ReviewsGenerally speaking, there are two types of literature reviews: Exploratory and Directed. This memo runs through how to approach each one.
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Guidance on doing Literature ReviewsThis article by Cisco covers effective ways to collect and organize information & then write a directed literature review. Particularly see the example in p. 49-51.
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Structuring a Directed Literature Review by ThemesExample from book by Galvan.
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Terrorized by the Literature by Howard BeckerChapt. 8 from his book:
Writing for Social Scientists. How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book or Article -
8 Thinking MapsThinking maps help visualize your thinking and break down complex information into smaller sections and discover connections in between.
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Writing up Qualitative Research by Guidance on every aspect of the writing process from beginning to end. Offers suggestions on how to proceed from the mechanics of preparing a manuscript to pointers on how to improve or jump-start the writing process. With empathic compassion Wolcott, author of many publications, shows how he has grappled with all the same anxieties and fears of writers at every level.
Online Tools
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ScrivenerNote taking software. One time charge to download to your computer.
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Things Task Managerby Culture Code
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Keeping Track of your Results Research GuideFrom Tuft's Hirsh Library.
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Research Basics GuideFrom Ginn Library.
Guidance on Gathering Information
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Who Owns and Cares about the Data? A Method for Identifying and Gathering Information for Research InvestigationsBy Ann Cullen and Patrick Noonan (October 26, 2020). SSRN Working Paper.