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Student/Academic Filing Question
caseykoons | Apr 29 2006
Congratulations to you all, especially those of you who responded to my post in the "I'm new" forum. I took your advice and borrowed a copy of GTD from my local library, and I am beginning to try to implement in my life. I've asked a few questions surrounding GTD and the academic lifestyle on this board and I have another one. I'm curious about filing systems. I know that David Allen suggests an A-Z and warns that personal systems are dangerous. The vast majority of the things I save for "reference" are photocopies of journal articles and books related to my field, the History of Religions. I especially curious about the opinions of other graduate students in this matter. Should I have a separate file (by topic or by author) for my academic resources or should I through them in an A-Z general file with my owner's manuals, bank statements and newspaper clippings? Thanks for your help. 24 Comments
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 I have my regular A-Z...Submitted by GTD Wannabe on May 1, 2006 - 7:12am.
I have my regular A-Z filing system for everything not related to school. Plus a drawer for school/research projects. Not really alphabetical, but by topic, e.g., Draft notes for article X, Notes from Workshop Y, etc. Finally, a banker's box full of articles that I've printed from pdf or copied from the library. These are A-Z, with a unique key given to each paper that I think I'm going to cite. For papers I don't think I'll cite, I just use the first author's last name. » POSTED IN:
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