When we first entered the scientific research circle, everything began from reading the previous literature. I think every monk who has entered the research circle must have encountered many problems in reading the literature: they can not understand the literature (obscure and difficult to understand), or they are impressed when reading it. But it is difficult to remember the details. When they want to go back to see or write articles, it is difficult to find the documents. Have you ever had a similar problem? Is it also looking for solutions to the problem?

As a third grade student, I want to talk to you today about how I found my ideas in reading the literature, how to summarize and sort out the documents. I hope to provide some help to the friends who have entered the scientific research circle. In addition, I also want to improve my writing level by writing some materials. I don't say much. I'm on the dry.

Our common document download websites include web of science, Google academic, Bing academic, China zhinet, Baidu Library and ResearchGATE. In addition, the school library is also a very useful resource station. These sites are the basis for you to determine the topic. One part of our research topic is designated by the tutor, the other is to search for, think repeatedly and then determine the literature. No matter which one you are, most of the time, we need to consult a large number of documents by yourself to find the specific direction and content of the research.

When reading the literature, first, I should be familiar with the commonly used document management software. The common document management software includes endnote, mendeley and note express. Endnote and note express are used by us at present. The former is used to manage documents when I write English articles, and the latter is used to manage documents when writing Chinese articles. Learn the basic functions of these software. Then search for articles in your research direction on different literature websites, download them, and then import them into the document management software. In this process you will find many new articles, the more the literature is read. Is it a loss?

At this time, the importance of literature summary is shown. Literature summary, as the name implies, is to organize the main points of the literature through their own expression and write them in word or PPT again. Although this process takes a lot of time, please believe me that this method is "stupid", but it is the most effective one. Of course, there is no need to summarize every article in this detail; Some articles, just need to read the summary, conclusion and picture roughly. I usually use power point (PPT) to summarize the literature, and write the title, author and author unit of an article clearly. Then the summary part rewrites the content of the article through its own understanding. Then, the key diagrams, tables and test steps in the article are abstracted or reprinted. By re sorting the contents of the article, the original content that may be confused will be clear at once. This is a good way to solve the obscure and difficult articles (of course, you may need to find some reference materials to help understand the process). And these contents can be used as a reference for future writing articles. It is convenient when you look for and when. The process of literature summary is to find the key breakthrough of research direction.

Through reading the literature, find the research points and determine the final research direction through repeated thinking. Then, it is to determine the research content around this research direction. The literature summary of the research content can still be based on the process of literature summary above, and a PPT can be established separately for each part of the reference literature. The classification of multiple PPT is convenient for you to find the research content you want to find in time. Remember not to put all the literature summary in the same PPT, otherwise you will fall into the sea of literature.

Then, the document is sorted out, and the literature you have read is marked in endnote, and a simple explanation (recorded in notes) is given for each article you have read. When you read it, you can immediately know the content of this article.

Literature summary and collation are two very important stages. Literature summary is like the root of a tree, helping you find nutrients in academic soil; Document sorting is like a tree trunk, and it helps you to see the type of tree immediately. Only by keeping the two together can we be stable and far away.