The other suggestions you’ve received here are valuable. Also, there is no substitute for prowling around in the software and finding the approach that matches your styles of working and thinking.
Because I find it so incredibly valuable, for my own working- and thinking- styles, and because I think some people have not been fully clued it about its power, I direct your attention to the Attribute Browser.
If you start with this thread, you’ll see a lot of examples and links. (I am a journalist and do lots of research projects, and find both TB in general and the attribute browser in particular to be indispensable.)