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Organizing Your Research

Welcome

Use the tabs or links below to explore the following tips for staying on top of your research:

Below: strategies for outlining and making connections between sources
Tools and software for tracking and sharing your sources
"Creating a bibliography:" tips and types
Literature review FAQ

If you learn better via video, many of these tips with examples are demonstrated on YouTube here.

For more help, use the contact information on this page to email or schedule an appointment.

Guidance and Strategies

OUTLINE
The Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) is a good place to start for a general introduction to outlining and different types of outlines.
SYNTHESIS MATRIX
This guide from the University of Michigan libraries provides a simple template to start a synthesis matrix, as well as an example and walk-through of the process.
Working Bibliography
What you may want to capture about your sources as you go