Tips for searching literature
There comes a time in the life of every student that is inescapable, the time you have to write a thesis. Unless you are hiding under an table where no one can find you, this is something you will have to do. For me, this moment was early on in the study, we began practicing in the first Batchelor year. Now, four years later, I’m writing my master thesis. I’m very excited about the research I’m doing, but have to face one final obstacle. This is finding literature. For all my fellow students who dread this part of the thesis, I have some tips that helped me. Maybe, it will not be as bad after all. Sometimes when you write a thesis, your mentor has already given you an starting article to begin with. This can be research done on a similar topic or an global overview of the field. An similar research questionIf an article of a similar topic is given to you, it might be time to be lazy. A lot of useful literature will be used in this article. You can find this literature in the introduction of the article. While reading how these researchers sustained their hypothesis, you can check if there is literature you can use as well. More often than not, this will be the case. If you are enthusiastic and just can’t stop yourself, you can also read their whole literature-list and see if there is something for you as well. Of course, the best way to see if an article in this list is useful, is to read the abstract. Global overview of the field If you already have a global overview of the field, this is very useful. In such an...
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