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It’ll cover:
1. Document layouts
2. How to save and organise documents in files
3. Using multiple database and citing
4. Word document hacks

This isn’t “how to get a good grade”, it’s more just about organising

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1. To start off with, have 3 documents

Doc 1: information (where all the info from all of your sources go)
Doc 2: final writing (synthesis of source material, your words)
Doc 3: reference list (to keep track)

(Click into each picture for more information each of on them)

1. continued

here is an example of how the three documents work together.

>gather information from sources and put into doc 1
> that info is synthesised and a coherent statement is written in doc 2
>references are kept tracked in the doc 3

2. How to organise your files

make two folders: 1 for written work and 1 where your papers go

>name them clearly, so you’re never confused or write in the wrong doc, date them after every session, so when you email them to yourself, you know which doc is most up to date

2. continued

here is how to save your PDF papers

> don’t use random names, use the first couple of words of the actual TITLE and also put the year in
> sometimes i even put the author when i save a paper
> this helps keep to familiarise yourself with papers

3. using multiple databases

>use more than one database for your information/journals
>sometimes a title is there but not the whole paper, so copy and paste into different databases until you do find the paper
>each database will have a “cite” button,copy your ref from there

3. continued
> google scholar and sci-hub are not “databases” as such, so i only use them if i fail to locate a paper from the actual database (CINAHL/MEDLINE)
>google scholar is amazing for citing, click the “ button and it’ll produce a citation for you
>sci-hub is *chefs kiss*

4. tips

• to-do lists•

>write every small thing down, every little edit you have to make, every search you think of making,,, write it down!
>before you finish work for the day, make sure you write down what you have to do the next time: stops procrastinating, gives u an aim

4. tips cont

> sending yourself the email: make sure you save the files with the date in the title so you know which is the most up to date file
> put all relevant words in the email body, so if you’re ever searching your emails, you have lots of words to search, less stress

4. tips cont

extensions to stop you from procrastinating

>chrome: "stay focused" is the best one, funny, is a pain in the ass and thus you get shit done
>"serene": i was being stupid and kept going on Microsoft edge to use twt/youtube so i got an ad blocker there too now LOL