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Organizing your Research Stuff

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Introduction
What is a Capstone Project?
Getting Started
Managing your Project
Managing your Time
Organizing your Research Stuff
Do Great Research
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Large research projects generate a ton of “stuff” such as notes, sources, files, articles, books, data, statistics, images, PDFs, and more. Tracking all of this can get overwhelming (or disastrous if your computer crashes) if you don’t plan ahead.

Staying organized from the beginning will save you a lot of stress. You will be able to quickly find important information when you need it so you can get back to writing.

Next, let’s look at how to conduct research.

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