 Hey there, Bruins! Today your friends at the UCLA Library are here to help you out with the dreaded research paper. We know that with a million other things to do, it can be hard to budget your time and manage sources, drafts, and deadlines. Which is why we've created this research assignment planner, to help you break down your research process and keep you on track along the way. This research assignment planner is designed to streamline the research paper process by helping you plan, organize, and draft your assignment. In this planner, you'll be able to input your assignment date and due date, which will break down your research and writing process into smaller steps. These steps each have deadlines associated with them that are calculated using suggested percent of your time that you should spend on each step. You can edit these percentages to reallocate your time, making this planner entirely adjustable to your schedule and customizable to your personal preferences. Just remember that if you take 2% away from one step, you need to add 2% back to another step, so that you have 100% of your time allocated. This planner doesn't just help you break down the process of writing your research paper. It also helps hold you accountable for sticking to your schedule. Under the Keep Me Accountable column for each step, there are accountability suggestions providing you with the resources to make appointments with professors, the inquiry lab, and the undergraduate writing center to keep you on task and on time. Say goodbye to polling all-nighters right before your paper's official due date. As you make your way through the research paper writing process, you can use the drop-down menu to indicate which of the steps you have completed. Based off of the steps you've marked completed and today's date, the planner will tell you how much of your assignment you should have completed by today versus how much of your assignment you've actually completed. Note that for steps that should have been completed by today's date but have not been marked as complete, the due date will turn red to alert you that you've got some catching up to do. We have also included links to some important resources to help you out along the way. Want to know more about deciphering your assignment prompt? Click here. Want to know how to get the most out of office hours? We've got a resource for that. Want to set up an appointment quickly with the undergraduate writing center? We'll link you right to their online sign up. Of course, your physical, mental, and emotional health should always be a top priority. As you work to stay on track with your assignment, we want to make sure that you're taking care of yourself, too. Every time you sit down to work on your assignment, start a new work session column and jot down how much or how little sleep you're getting, how much coffee you're drinking, how stressed you're feeling, and more. Ready to give it a try? You can copy the planner into your Google Drive or download the planner into Excel if you prefer an offline version. Input the due date of one of your current or upcoming assignments and get to work. You're back.