After searching and determining the literature reading list, the next step is to carefully read these literatures and analyze and summarize their contents.
The reason for literature analysis is that we can become more familiar with the knowledge system of a certain research field through analysis, and can have a more systematic and in-depth understanding of the past research history, research results, research controversies, current research status and future prospects of this field. Research direction, so as to stand on the shoulders of predecessors to clarify important concepts, clear knowledge blind spots, and determine more valuable writing topics.
In order to complete a thesis, we may need to read hundreds of documents. If we want to have an impression of the content of each document in a short period of time and extract knowledge that will help us complete the thesis, we must have scientific reading method as the basis. Here I will introduce 3 efficient reading methods for you, come and like it and collect it!
1. Read key words
2. Read the Abstract and Introduction
3. Read the text
1. Read keywords
Keywords are the most refined expression of the main research content of the paper. By reading the keywords, we can roughly clarify the research field and research center of the paper, thereby classifying many documents, and then specifically check what issues have been studied by the predecessors, and then we can determine the research content of the paper. Whether the subject of the class is of interest.
For example, the picture below is the keywords of a journal paper I found on Zhangqiao Research .
By grasping key words, similar documents and similar themes of the paper, we can understand the subject and field of literature research.
2. Read the abstract and introduction
Most of the literature will introduce the purpose, method, conclusion, innovation and main contribution of the article in the abstract and introduction, and show the specific research results. By reading the abstract and introduction, we can understand what the author has done in the whole writing process, and what value he has achieved in theory and practice, so as to avoid blindly repeated research and identify what he can do for himself. What level of contribution does the research field make.
From the abstract above, we can know the research investigations that the paper has done and its own research value and results.
3. Reading the text
The text is a concentrated expression of the author's theoretical framework, demonstration techniques, and data analysis methods. Through this logical content display, we can compare and contrast the theories of various schools of thought, and clarify the development of different viewpoints. The temporal context of research, distinguishing differences and specific contradictions in academic controversies, and gaining a deeper understanding of the relationship between ourselves and the subject of the review.
By reading the table of contents and the content of the text, we will have a deeper understanding of the entire thinking process and discussion process of the paper, and have a more practical perception of academic thinking.
Although the number of documents is large, in fact, there are still differences in their importance.
For those classic documents, we must carefully read word by word, understand and figure out the author's point of view and the process of putting forward, think about what kind of thinking mode and argumentation mode we can learn from the author, and for those less important documents, then Skimming, reading only the main body, and comparing it to the classics from time to time can be done.
The reason for adopting this method is that the classic or representative literature presents the "skeleton" of the relevant research field, while the secondary literature presents the "flesh and blood" of the relevant research field, and the two complement each other. We should supplement the reading of secondary literature on the basis of reading classic or representative literature, so as to write review articles that are detailed and comprehensive.
After talking about how to conduct literature analysis, let's talk about common mistakes in literature analysis.
There are five common mistakes in literature analysis:
1. Simply list the opinions of others without classifying, summarizing and refining them.
2. On the basis of collation, there is no systematic and in-depth analysis and evaluation of important viewpoints.
3. Analyzed and evaluated the opinions, but did not dig out the problems to be studied on this basis, or had little relationship with the research conducted by oneself.
4. The academic nature of the cited documents is not strong enough, or the core documents and key works of academic authority are not cited.
5. One-sided understanding of others' views or contributions, or even taking them out of context, especially in foreign languages.
Therefore, we should try our best to avoid such mistakes in practice. Otherwise, although we have done the work of reading literature, the result seems to lack due value, which will make people doubt your academic ability.
In order to avoid such mistakes, we should make reading notes of the literature during the reading process, record in detail the title, author, source, publication time, page number and other information of the literature, as well as a summary of the article’s viewpoints, methods, etc. Write down your feelings and thoughts after reading. If you don't take notes, you will add troubles to the subsequent writing process. As the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, and the role of notes should not be underestimated.
After talking about the experience and lessons, and doing enough reflection on my own writing problems, I hope that everyone who reads this article can cultivate a way of thinking that actively uses external forces to help them solve difficulties, such as using tools. strength. I also learned this after experiencing all kinds of depression in the struggle with myself, so I don't want others to repeat the mistakes I made.
The thing that makes me have a strong desire to use tools to improve my analytical ability and avoid cognitive misunderstandings is Zhangqiao scientific research. How exaggerated? It was when I finished the literature analysis and clicked on the research topic of Zhangqiao Scientific Research https://www.zhangqiaokeyan.com/analysis/index.html that I realized that I could avoid some useless work with the help of tools, but it was in vain A lot of time and energy wasted.
Under the research topic, there is an overview of the relevant literature on the specific topic. This overview is actually a simple literature analysis, allowing readers to quickly understand the subject concentration and main classification of relevant literature, and find their own interests.
At the same time, the more detailed subject classification, time classification, periodical classification, and database classification at the bottom of the page will also allow us to more intuitively feel the differences and comparisons in the distribution of relevant documents. These are especially helpful for our literature analysis.
The knowledge of dissertation writing will always be updated in people's practical experience, so it is particularly important to find a research method that suits you and best matches your way of thinking. Similarly, the process of carrying out research is also inseparable from the cooperation of relevant tools. We should also learn to find the scientific research artifact that best suits our abilities and levels, and with its help, we will continue to overcome difficulties and do things that are beneficial to academic development.