A research paper the size of your capstone is made exponentially easier with a good organization strategy. Many of you have topics that will involve long reading lists that span multiple research areas. Organization is key to make sure that you're making the best use of your time.
There is not a universal strategy for organizing your resources. Below are some tips that can help regardless of whether your strategy is a document filled with permalinks and notes or a full blown citation manager.
The library's Discovery Search has its own built in research organizer. With your W&J login, you can sign in when you are searching in Discovery and save resources to your folder. However, it is imperative that you make sure you are signed-in every time or your resources will not be saved!
Below is a tutorial of how to access the folder.
1. search in Discovery.
2. On the results page, click on the "sign in" button in the top right corner (screenshot included below).
3. Once you're signed in, the left most button in the right hand corner should be the "Folder" button.
4. To save a resource, click on it and then click the save button on the right hand side of the screen (screenshot included below).
5. To access the articles again, click on the Folder button anytime you are signed in.