In response to yesterday's blog post (Historical Research Q&A), someone asked me the following:

Q: I'm wondering how to best organize and keep track of my research. I could do it by putting everything in computer folders, say one for each location. Then, I'll need a plot and subplot folder, one for laws of the period, a character folder…it goes on. How do you keep it all organized and accessible? Of course I am documenting my sources so I can find them again. So I guess my question is more...