Guidance on Organizing your Research
- What is PKM?by Professor Paul Dorsey
- Research Organization and Time ManagementExcellent guidance on ways to organize your research process from Dr. Raul Pachego-Vega.
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free ProductivityBook by David Allen (2015)
- How to "Get Going" on the Writing ProcessExcellent tips offered by Harry Wolcott from the book "Writing up Qualitative Research".
- 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.
- 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.
- Structuring a Directed Literature Review by ThemesExample from book by Galvan.
- Getting Things Done – Short PresentationStefan Tschauko’s 7-minute summary presentation of the key principles in David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done"
- How to Write an Annotated BibliographyGuidance from Simon Fraser University. An annotated bibliography is different from a directed literature review within a paper.
- 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 - Concept MapsConcept maps help visualize your thinking and break down complex information into smaller sections and discover connections in between.
- His i-Phone is a Work Tool and only a Work ToolTo prevent distractions, Conor Dougherty, an economics writer, dumped social media from his smartphone. He shares great tips on focused use of your smartphone as a research tool.
Guidance on Gathering Information
- 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.
- Locating Data for Research ProjectsGuidance on how to locate, track and explore data available for research projects. From Carleton College Gould Library Research Guides.
Online Tools
- ScrivenerNote taking software. One time charge to download to your computer.
- Things Task Managerby Culture Code
- Keeping Track of your Results Research GuideFrom Tuft's Hirsh Library.
- Research Basics GuideFrom Ginn Library.
- Data Analysis ToolsUser friendly guidance on Excel, SQL, Web scraping, etc. from the Global Investigative Journalism Network.
- Deepl TranslateFree translation website.
- Research RabbitResearch literature discovery and storage tool.
Books
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.
