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)