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Effectively organizing your research promotes clearer thinking and writing. As you start the research for your essay, it's important to document your search terms and sources. Take some time to brainstorm words or short phrases that describe your topic and gather additional ones as you go. Similarly, it's helpful to have a blank Word or Google Doc open to store links and notes to relevant resources. Alternatively, you can also use the template below for both search terms and sources.
Effectively organizing your research promotes clearer thinking and writing. A critical research organization tool is a citation manager (CM), which is software that stores, arranges, and creates auto-generated citations of your sources. Zotero is a free CM and this version has a 300 MB capacity that you can download onto your computer. You can work on multiple research projects simultaneously, upload images or PDF files, and export citations into Microsoft Word or Google Docs. It's easy to use and will help you manage research-based assignments and organize your course readings for easy access.