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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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 This is a bit tricky....Submitted by GOD on May 1, 2006 - 1:02pm.
This is a bit tricky. I have a standard file system with some articles in there, but I think I'm going to keep my articles in a separate system after all. It just bugs my mind for my articles to be jumbled up with other stuff. One of the things that I did do with my system is that I decided to file everything A-Z, but I also have an index. One of my concerns about filing things was that I'd forget what was in there. It takes some extra work but having an index removes that fear and thus removes one of the barriers I had towards filing. I'm sure there is a way to incorporate endnote into this. Perhaps endnote could act as the separate index for your articles. At some point, though, I'd like to just scan everything and have them as PDFs. I tend to keep my notes separate from the physical articles, so there's no need for me to have hard copies. » POSTED IN:
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