How to read the literature

No matter where the problem comes from, it is necessary to closely follow the current developments in the field of science. From the graduate age, under the guidance of the tutor, with the surrounding classmates as an example, I have developed a weekly to the library to browse the latest journal habits, decades such as a day, shine. If there is something wrong, it must be mended next week. I had a small record book, log in all of the important publications of the major, after each period of reading, must do record, never miss a period, until today. It's easier to read the catalogue and summaries of all the important publications online now. To master the literature, synthesize the literature, evaluate the literature critically, and extract useful and correct information to guide the future research is an indispensable ability of the science worker who can work independently.

When reading the literature to keep track of current developments, it is essential to remember to exercise your own judgment, not blindly, even when well-known scientists and textbooks sometimes have errors. The ancients said well: "Do not believe the book is better than no book." Keep track of the important direction of the current development, remember, you see the problem of others will also see, the more important the problem of competition is necessarily more intense, in the research conditions are inferior to people, if there is no innovative research ideas, unique research program is impossible to surpass others to be successful. Although there are herd on some important subjects internationally, it seems to be particularly serious in our country. Lack of their own innovative ideas and one-sided herd pursuit of hot spots, is an inevitable failure of the route, at most can only be for others to enhance the results, or do some small repair work. The key lies in their own innovative ideas. Where the idea of innovation came from, although Brainwave has produced important innovative ideas, in the history of science has been recorded, but this is relatively rare, and far more common is the genius out of diligence, innovation out of accumulation, accumulation can be personal accumulation, can also be my unit's long-term accumulation. This is the aforementioned principle of the Wang stove, but also the Nobel Prize often in a few units of reason. Only diligent efforts can continue to have the accumulation of good work, it is possible to gradually produce a real innovation in the work, others can not plagiarism innovative ideas, it is possible to make breakthroughs in major issues. And in a burning stove, there will always be excellent work accumulation, the emergence of excellent talent, and innovative ideas and talents of continuous interaction, mutual inspiration, mutual encouragement, will continue to create new breakthrough results.

For the first time to enter a field of novice, must read a large number of literature, in order to grasp the dynamics and direction of the field. Remember a abroad graduate student said that at first the tutor let him read a lot of literature, and the number of daily prescribed, like 100 articles? As a result of the new exposure to this field, there is no concept of many problems, reading is very difficult, many of the content is not understood. Ask the tutor, but be told that as long as the amount of reading enough every day to the line. Later, with the increase in reading volume, finally the final convergence, but also understand the tutor's method. Therefore, I think for the novice, should pay attention to the number of reading literature, accumulated more, naturally from quantitative change to qualitative change. Moreover, each author's research methods are somewhat different, read more, gradually will compare the advantages and disadvantages of research methods, for their future research is of great benefit.

In fact, because of the rapid progress of science and technology, even in their own field, there are many new technologies, new ideas continue to appear, so even if it is a "veteran", if lazy to update their knowledge, will soon lag behind.

In a plethora of literature today, it feels like an increasing number of posts, in the premise of not wanting to miss out good things.

1) grasp the dynamic, every day after the entry of the first visit to the new post since the last landing, interested in another look, when necessary to save or collection, which is quite similar to the catalogue of magazines, so as to ensure that the new things will not be missed

2) look back to focus on the essence of the section of interest, high-popularity posts, encryption posts, etc., which is equivalent to an interesting brick magazine review, comments, or cutting edge (JI) and the like

3) Good things are not only in the Interest section, other sections also have some, in the empty time to see the essence of other sections, high popularity posts, encryption posts, and so on, which is equivalent to the relevant brick magazine review, comments, or cutting edge (JI) and the like

4) Use the search function to find the posts of specific keywords, roughly equivalent to the fixed topic search

5) with the familiarity of the field, especially the familiarity of the master figures, sometimes can look at the author's posts 6 in the information today, no one dares to say that has been superior, no need to accept new things; no one is familiar with all the fields.

One of the experience of literature reading

1. from point to polygon . Choose work practice in doubt, hot, from a small side, search the more complete literature, general recent 20 or so has quite a lot of. The reason why not care about 3 years ago, is because the knowledge is very fast, and online can find more than in recent years of the full text. Learn how people find solutions to problems. Know the current common views on this issue, and differences. Then, expanding on the basis of interest and research purposes, it is known in the field of research: the number of articles who are cited more frequently, the most up-to-date and most enlightening of the articles. Go to the library to look for his article read the full text. Gradually expand their horizons, to build individual professional knowledge structure and views.

2. from the miscellaneous to the fine . With a certain knowledge base, for the complex literature, to have a personal judgment. Track the progress of a particular topic, an expert, compare the development of an argument on the same topic, master a new method or new conclusion, or pay attention to the change of the author's point of view, and explore its reasons. To cultivate personal academic accomplishment. For high-quality journals, browse regularly, learn about academic progress and hotspots from the surface, and read the latest works on a per-article basis, based on individual interests and progress.

3. A good memory is inferior to a bad pen. Whether it is a bit of work in the discovery, thought Sparks, should be written down. In my contact with academician Wangzhongxin and Gu Yudong, I found that they all had the habit of remembering cards. Case follow-up, literature view, etc. When writing articles, they are ready-made materials. Now with the computer, but writing a literature review is a good way to improve the knowledge structure. Always write down the argument, personal experience, will have a multiplier result. Whether written on paper or in a computer, there should be a notepad, and often tidy up.

4. for the download of the literature, the content should be set up with the special magazine by time-specific classification . What needs to be carefully read and saved, what is not useful, to be deleted, what needs to be read but not yet read. When I think about it, I can find it in time.

5. learn every day . Documentation is available every day. If only as a collector, it loses the significance of research. The purpose of the download is to learn. Through reading, master the methods and knowledge of the field of expertise. As long as you persist in learning, you will accumulate your own knowledge structure. It's a very, very effortless.

Two experiences of literature reading

1. Most articles see abstracts, few articles read full text

Master a bit of the full text of the skills, often to get the full text for the music, so that there is no time to read the content of the article, more disdain to see the summary. The true usefulness of the full text is not many, excessive pursuit of the full text is a waste, not to go to extremes. Of course, it is not right to look at abstracts.

2. focus time on reading literature

have seen always forgotten. The more time you see the literature, the more time you waste. Focusing time is easier to relate to and form an overall impression.

3. do the recording and marking

Copy or print a document, mark or annotate it directly with a pen. PDF or HTML-formatted document, you can use the editor to highlight or change the text color. This is another important means to avoid wasting time. Otherwise it doesn't look.

4. the articles to be quoted should be read in person.

Quoted caused by the baseless assertion numerous.

5. Note the reference value of the article.

The influence factor of the publication and the cited times of the article can reflect the reference value of the article. But pay attention to the other articles that cite this article as to how to evaluate this article: support or objection, add or correct.

How to read the literature