A Practical Source Workflow for College Research Papers
Organize sources by claim, evidence and limitation so writing the paper is faster and more defensible.
Search by concept
Break the research question into two or three concepts and search combinations instead of one long sentence.
Capture source notes immediately
Record the citation, useful finding, limitation and the claim it may support while the source is open.
Synthesize by theme
Group sources by the ideas they support or challenge rather than writing one paragraph per source.
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