...a lack of good resources on how to actually doresearch.
Yes! It’s hard to convey that you need to have already done a literature search to know what you need to search in the first place.
I second “Focus on breadth first!”. Googling is cheap. Search longer than you think you need to. An additional good paper can be decisive in forming a view on a new topic.
Searching smartly is often more effective than going down the citation trail.
I think “going down the citation trail” can often be very fruitful, especially if you search citations within a foundational article. E.g.,
Also: a good template can help you organize and focus your search. I only sorted the studies I found by their most salient features (the 4 colored 0⁄1 columns) after I’d gathered quite a few.
Yes! You’re totally right that going down the citation trail with the right paper can be better than search, I just edited to reflect that.
This spreadsheet seems great. So far we’ve only found ways to practice the early parts of literature review so we never created anything so sophisticated but that seems like a good method
Yes! It’s hard to convey that you need to have already done a literature search to know what you need to search in the first place.
I second “Focus on breadth first!”. Googling is cheap. Search longer than you think you need to. An additional good paper can be decisive in forming a view on a new topic.
I think “going down the citation trail” can often be very fruitful, especially if you search citations within a foundational article. E.g.,
Also: a good template can help you organize and focus your search. I only sorted the studies I found by their most salient features (the 4 colored 0⁄1 columns) after I’d gathered quite a few.
I did not know about http://connectedpapers.com/. Seems useful!
Thanks!
Yes! You’re totally right that going down the citation trail with the right paper can be better than search, I just edited to reflect that.
This spreadsheet seems great. So far we’ve only found ways to practice the early parts of literature review so we never created anything so sophisticated but that seems like a good method