If you are really overwhelmed with too many sources, OR with not enough work done on your topic... you may need to either narrow or expand your topic. Here is a video tutorial from NCSU Libraries on the iterative process of choosing your research topic:
It’s overwhelming to have too many sources, but it’s even more overwhelming to try to read them all word for word. Here's a brief video from Western Libraries on the anatomy of a scholarly article and on how to assess whether or not a source is worth reading in full:
Depending on your topic and your work style, you may want to use a citation manager to organize your citations and other research materials. We recommend Zotero, an open source research organizer that works with your web browser to collect sources and build your personal library as you browse.
Zotero can help you manage the notes you take on your sources – be they stand-alone notes, or annotations you make about particular items in your library. The Zotero help page on notes has more details.
See the Tri-Co Libraries Zotero Guide for answers to the most frequently asked questions we have gotten about Zotero. Here is a brief video illustrating the organizing, tagging and note-taking fuctionality in Zotero:
