2 de abril de 2014

Notes on how to improve the process of writing a dissertation:


1#Track all that you read 
Write down the material you are consulting, you never know if it will become key in your argument(s). Keep your bibliography updated, best if this is done online by posting them onto a blog you update regularly. Information on books can be easily be retrieved from catalogues and amazon.


2#Question your sources and relationships
Be conscious of the materials you are consulting. Asses if your bibliography makes sense. Are you reading political theory?  social theory? are your authors contemporary? what justifies the relevance of your compilation?


3#Tag your database
Write all the quotes and reference materials with the page number. Also include all quotations with their correspondent authors. Doing this later on is a slow and painful process. There are two ways I have found of being very efficient in collecting this data. One is by using an OCR scanner app, which turns pictures into text, this way you don't have to transcribe your notes and can reference quickly. Second is to categorise your data to make it accessible. This can be done by creating a blog where you include your transcribed texts, valuable or insightful notes and bibliography, then you need to tag them corresponding to their content with keywords like author or main concepts. Finally use the internal search bar function to navigate all this content easily.

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