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Plan Your Assignment

This is a self-paced research guide to planning your research assignment.

Managing your time

Two students discuss their research assignment in the library.

Knowing how to manage your time will help you finish your research assignments on time and with minimal stress.  Understanding your research assignment, knowing what steps you need to take to complete it, and setting a reasonable and achievable schedule can help you get a better mark.

For instance, have you ever tried setting up SMART goals for your research?  These can work for everything from your first research essay to your dissertation.

Take a few minutes to review these tools for time management before your next research assignment.

Tools

Tutorials

Video

  • Managing your time (6.5 minutes, University of British Columbia Chapman Learning Commons)

Managing your sources

Managing your research sources as you do your assignment can help save you time and stress.  It can also make sure that you cite everything properly, protecting you from issues with academic integrity. 

Our tutorials and videos help you stay on top of managing your sources, and even show you how to take most of the work out of generating your citation list.

Tutorials

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