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Could I get instructions to help find original research? Looking up research seems to be a laborious process if one is not sure of the exact title.
Thing1 said:Could I get instructions to help find original research? Looking up research seems to be a laborious process if one is not sure of the exact title.
chiro said:Hey Thing1 and welcome to the forums.
Is the research relatively old or new?
If it's a little older than most, then I have found (in mathematics) that things like monographs and the like tend to be published where a group of experts publishes a handbook that collects a lot of results together and makes something that makes it easier for the researcher.
I think the above is a natural result of time: when research starts it probably starts off as someone's notes and slowly gets polished into journal articles which later become part of the collective in central textbooks.
If the research is old, then I recommend looking for monographs or handbooks on a particular subject, but if its new research, then things like journal articles, or other sites that publish this sort of thing.
Modulated said:You certainly don't need to be a PhD in a particular field to do good research in it, but one of the important skills you learn during the PhD is how to navigate the literature. If you are serious about your research you need to spend serious amounts of time learning this skill, and then serious amounts of time exercising it.