Organize and Synthesize Information

Introduction

Information must be organized in order to permit analysis, synthesis, understanding, and communication. One way to organize the information you have gathered is to group materials by similar concepts or content. For example, if you are doing research on the wine industry you can organize the data into several folders or "baskets":

• Wineries
• Laws and Regulations
• Vineyards
• Costs of Operations
• Land use
• Demographics of consumers
• Governmental publications (Crushed grape report)
• Global competition (Australia, Italy)