hi /sci/, how do you do a literature search and find papers? is google scholar, zlib and libgen enough? what services are out there and more importantly how can i find them

use google

i'm also stealing the cat picture

>>15355312 (OP)

Google for relevant literature reviews, read those until you're sick of them, and explore various opinions/experiments and opinions on those experiments by following papers citing the specific ones you've read. Same goes for reading papers citing those literature reviews. To properly research you need to understand the culture of words and concepts not only within a given field, but within a subfield or within certain traditions or perspectives of different authors. Caution is needed there, e.g. "observer" in QM people casually take to mean "a literal conscious agent is observing" due to not understanding the first thing about the relevant literature or jargon.

>what services are out there and more importantly how can i find them

Look up dorking guides to find papers across services better.



Proper research starts from the general to the specific. "Research" in air quotes is people only looking for what confirms their bias, and with zero effort to understand whether any given paper is full of shit or not. Properly done from the specific involves reversing what I recommended above, such that you understand any given paper's place in the total realm of ideas and evidence.

and i'm also stealing the cat picture as well.

>Google Dorking, also known as Google hacking, is a powerful technique used by security researchers and ethical hackers to uncover sensitive information and vulnerabilities on the web

Huh? How is Google Dork going to help with research? I don't need or want to password to someone's account nor confidential information about anything.

The guy meant you can use the same techniques to find specific types of information, go learn it u monkey

Yes, I meant what >>15356790 wrote. I wasn't talking at all about what you brought up. The techniques and ideas, of using flags, operators, and so on, all apply to tailoring your search results to what you actually want to find. Whatever that is.

bump for interest

What's a good place to start with applying for grants?



Finally at a point where I've got a good handle on my classes and all the admin bullshit and wanting to get back into research.

>What's a good place to start with applying for grants?

The best place should be the relevant professors and faculty for such recommendations. You mean federal grants? Honestly I'm not sure what to do with this question because ordinarily you're best asking that among those at your university first.

Thanks guys!!!!! Sorry I couldn't respond to my own thread yesterday

Thanks a lot anon! This will help a lot. I didn't know that I could see the papers that cited the paper, it's really helpful

IEEE if you're an electrical engineer

There are al ot of resources available for finding what papers have cited a paper. So far in my experience researchgate seems the most comprehensive but it's going to vary. Generally the more you cross-compare services like that the better.
