Shields, Patricia M.2007-01-052012-02-241999-10Shields, P. M. (1999). Getting organized: A pragmatic tool for writing graduate papers. Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 7(1), pp. 5-17.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3989This article describes the contents of a successful Teaching Assistant workshop. The workshop introduces the "Notebook Method" of writing scholarly papers. The notebook method is viewed as a pragmatic tool of inquiry. It transforms writing a paper into managing a project. The project management aspects of writing a thesis or dissertation are emphasized. In addition, the method is linked to the pragmatic theory of inquiry developed by Charles Sander Peirce and John Dewey.Text13 pages1 file (.pdf)enresearch paper methodologyproject managementPolitical ScienceArticle