Organizing your research sources
We've talked previously about how to find good research, but once you find all of that wonderful information - what do you do with it? With such a huge amount of potential data on the internet it's important to be able to organize and manage the information. Without some way to manage and organize what you find, you can easily drown in it. You may think to just add a webpage to "Favorites" in your browser, but what if you're on another browser and what about when your list gets really long and you want to share it with someone? The tools below can help you do more than just bookmark information.
Tools for online organization
1. Diigo - a social bookmarking tool that allows you to bookmark, annotate, and highlight websites. You can organize the sites into different groups, tag them by categories, and add descriptions. Diigo easily installs into your web browser and is available across multiple platforms (desktop, tablet, smartphone) so you can access your information anywhere.
2. iCyte - similar to diigo, iCyte easily installs into your browser and allows you to highlight and save citations as you research. Organize them into categories and access them in any browser on any computer with an internet connection. Free to set up an educational account.
3. OneNote - you (students @ Sammmamish) are all using some form of OneNote in your classes so you know how it can be used to organize class content. You can also use OneNote to keep track of your web research. By using the OneNote web clipper installed into your browser you can track and organize content you find. Not quite as easy to categorize content, OneNote "clippings" are saved in your "Quick Notes" and can be accessed online and opened in OneNote. Once within OneNote you can organize the content.