I would have purchased and learned how to use NVIVO qualitative software from day one of my doctoral studies. I am at a two day seminar in Chicago on how to use NVIVO8 qualitative software. I am using NVIVO8 to organize data from my interviews. Had I known about how powerful this software was - I would have coded every paper I wrote during my PhD program. For my comp exams, I could have easily searched for themes, created some queries, and the exam process would have been much easier. Shawn