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 "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 -
Concept MapsConcept maps help visualize your thinking and break down complex information into smaller sections and discover connections in between.
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.
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Locating Data for Research ProjectsGuidance on how to locate, track and explore data available for research projects. From Carleton College.
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.
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Data Analysis ToolsUser friendly guidance on Excel, SQL, Web scraping, etc. from the Global Investigative Journalism Network.
Books
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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. -
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.
