Literature Review Guide

Tips for 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 keywords leading to sources and summaries of important points in articles

• Using a spreadsheet 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)
• Adapt the column headings that are 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