Get organized
Track your search process using a research log or a simple spreadsheet. This will save you time and keep you from repeating your work.
- Research data log from the University of Manitoba
- Organize your literature using a spreadsheet
Use Citation Manager Tools to automatically create your bibliography/works cited, endnotes, or footnotes in APA, MLA and hundreds of other styles.
Use descriptive filenames and include numerical (YYYYMMDD) dates to help make sense of them later.
Helpful (and sorts nicely):
- 20231012_Capstone_version_01
- 20231012_Capstone_Methodology_01
Not helpful (and won’t sort nicely):
- Dec 9 draft
- Tuesday draft final
- 15 December draft final final for sure the final version
Backup your project often (so it isn’t only stored on a laptop).
- Box.com unlimited storage through the UMN
- Google Drive through the UMN
- USB or another external drive