Over the past two weeks, I have been looking at different websites online and thinking about a topic that would interest me. I finally decided to research about the cuisines and culture of East Asia, particularly Taiwan and China, since my parents are from Taiwan and I grew up eating food from those cuisines. I have mostly been using Google to help me find sources that are related to my topic. I also looked on the UT library website but most of the results are books that are actually located in the library, so I need to find a chance to take a look around the PCL sometime. I found a recipe book for Chinese dishes on the UT library website (http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/lib/utxa/reader.action?docID=903067), so this can help me get an idea of what kind of dishes are part of the Chinese cuisine. I also found another book called The Land of the Five Flavors that explains the cultural history of the Chinese cuisine (http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/lib/utxa/detail.action?docID=1531172). I have a Google Doc to help me keep track of my citations and every time I find something new, I’ll put the link in there so I have a list of my sources that I might use.
Your topic sounds interesting, I was just confused on which cuisine you chose, Taiwan or China. If you can narrow down the topic and make it more specific, it will be easier for you to find the sources you want.
I’m still not sure about what I should use to store all of my citations. I’m not too keen on installing stuff and I’m so used to just keeping a bunch of tabs open. In the end, it’s not very optimal between my desktop and laptop so I might do Google Docs in the end. Alternatively, I’ve heard quite a few people also like note taking software with templates like OneNote and Evernote. OneNote in particular also has free cloud storage if you have a Microsoft Account.