Systems and methods for assisting a user in organizing and writing a research paper

A tangible computer readable medium storing an executable program configured to implement a method for assisting a user in organizing and writing a research paper, the method comprising:

• presenting a series of questions to a user;
• receiving input from the user for each of the questions;
• assembling a thesis statement based on the input received from the user;
• outputting topics based on input received from the user, the topics being related to the thesis statement;
• creating source citations based on input from the user;
• creating research notes based on input from the user;
• associating each of the research notes with at least one of the source citations;
• presenting an interactive graphical display configured to allow a user to arrange the topics in a predetermined order and to edit the research notes;
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• creating an editable draft of the research paper that includes the thesis statement and the content of the research notes arranged in the predetermined order.

A computer-implemented method of assisting a user in organizing and writing a research paper, the method comprising:

• displaying an interactive graphical display on a computer having a processor and a memory device;
• running a thesis module using the processor, the thesis module configured to present a series of questions to the user and to receive input regarding the series of questions through the interactive graphical display;
• using the processor to assemble a thesis statement based on the input received from the user;
• running a research module using the processor, the research module configured to create topics related to the thesis statement based on input from the user, to create research notes based on input from the user, and to create source citations based on input from the user, and to associate each of the research notes with at least one of the source citations;
• running an organization module using the processor, the organization module configured to present the topics in a predetermined order through the interactive graphical display and to allow the user to rearrange the topics in any order and to edit the research notes;
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• running a writing module using the processor, the writing module configured to create an editable draft of the research paper that includes the thesis statement and the content of the research notes arranged according to the predetermined order.