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Tips For Making Research a Little Less Painful

Here are some ways to keep track of where you've been and what you've found. You probably won't use all of these strategies all of the time, but choose a few and adapt them to make them work for you.

Overworked!When researching:

  1. Know what you're looking at
  2. E-mail good citations and articles to yourself as you find them
  3. Keep track of what you've done and what worked
  4. Take good notes
  5. Keep things in one place
  6. Print out web pages that you plan to use as sources for your assignment