Organizational Leadership - Online Campus: Keeping Your Research Organized

Tip #1 - Use a citation management tool like RefWorks to keep your citations organized in digital folders

Tip #2 - Use a research log to track key words leading to sources, summaries of important points.

• Using excel to do this allows you to group results by themes, author, research method used, etc.
• Here's a sample template to use: Literature Review Research Log Template (or search for one in Google)
• Chose the column headings most useful to you (ex: APA citation, keywords, location, purpose, research design, main findings, notes)

Source: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/organizing-your-literature-spreadsheet-style