Research papers are at the heart of the whole academic process. They are the main products of research projects. We will learn a lot about what research problems to work on, how to conduct research, and how to write research papers, by first reading lots of research papers. But before we can read research papers, we need to find them!

Links

• Google Scholar

• Semantic Scholar

• UW Library

• Litmaps - Create interactive literature maps of topics and authors for literature search

ASSIGNMENT

You will practice this skill in Assignment 2: Find a paper.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing this module students should be able to:

• S2.1 - Be able to find research papers about a particular topic or by a particular author

• S2.2 - Be able to identify most relevant papers to read out of many options