Insider tips for easy and fast research

Learning to research is an important skill for academia and everyday life.

Having a well-defined research question and a system to store notes is essential.

Organizing research into categories helps to navigate and understand the topic better.

📝 Having a running document of notes is important to organize information.

🔍 Not all research is equal, so it's important to be patient and go to primary sources.

📚 Start broad with sources like Wikipedia and Google, then use Google Trends to understand the field.

🔍 Using specific years as a reference point can help in understanding the peak interest of a topic.

🌐 Wikipedia is a reliable and constantly updating source of information for current topics.

🔬 Google Scholar is a valuable resource for academic research, providing access to peer-reviewed papers, patents, and up-to-date information.

🗞️ Using Google search with specific keywords can lead to secondary sources where research findings are explained in everyday language.

📚 Creating a note document and organizing collected information into folders is crucial for effective research.

🔍 Referring back to the research question helps filter out irrelevant information and focus on the relevant ones.

📑 Review papers provide a comprehensive overview of a research field and can be a valuable resource for guiding research.

📖 Checking out primary sources is essential to verify information and avoid relying solely on secondary sources.

🔎 Using review papers as a starting point for research.

📚 Effective strategies for reading and categorizing research information.

💡 The importance of investing time in relevant research papers.

🔍 Knowing when to stop researching is one of the most important things, especially when time is limited.

💡 Always refer back to the research question and assess if you have answered it and formulated your own conclusions.

📝 Once you feel like you have enough information, start writing or conducting your research based on your purpose.

🔍 Use Wikipedia, Google Scholar, and Google for research on any topic.

📚 Collect and evaluate information from various sources, including review papers, research articles, and journalist interpretations.

⏳ Know when to stop researching and start formulating your own ideas.