Subject & Study Guides: Assignment Toolbox: Organise

Gather, arrange and store your information

Record key details, including reference information
Choose how to organise

Find a filing system that works well for you...

Jelly Jars, 2009, Dennis Jarvis. (Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)

Record details as you research.

Here are some tools that may help.

Capturing Information
Things to record as you research
Search Matrix Template
Use this to record the search strategies you use while searching for material.
Search Matrix (an example)
This search matrix is partially completed, as an example of how to use the template.

There are many useful online tools for saving your notes, webpages, documents and pictures.

Check out some handy apps for students here

Don't lose your data!

Make at least two copies of everything - store them in different places - eg: one copy on your pc/laptop, other copies in alternative formats such as external hard-drive, paper, usbs, cloud storage
Manage your different versions (draft vs final)
Work out an efficient naming protocol for your electronic files