I've been struggling with the mountain of research material that I already have and seems to be constantly published online and in magazines every other day. Last time I did a dissertation I just cranked the thing out in a solid week, but I want to try a more measured approach this time around. I've started reading each book, website and magazine, listening to each interview end-to-end and have found that extracting quotes as I go along and then putting them into a blogger with tags denoting the subject has actually been simplest. If you're struggling with the same problem, give it a go.