/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9971644
t. fifth year grad student. I have piles of papers on my desk. I bought a shelf to organize them into sections. If I'm working on a specific project I'll keep them in one of those accordion folders. Tablet could be good. I like being able to see everything I have this way I don't forget anything

>>9971644
i only print a paper out if i'm reviewing it, and only then 50% of the time... most of the time i just read it and take notes like
>L 50: sentence needs to be reworded because it's ambiguous what "leptons" refers to

when i was first trying to get into a research group i would print out papers and work through all the equations in my notebook, and print, highlight, and annotate papers and put them in a binder

then when i actually started DOING research that became less important, i'd just download the PDFs, skim the abstract, plots, conclusions, and maybe if i felt like it would be useful, copypaste the BibTeX into a text document. and only when there are reviews do i need to really take notes.

i guess once you're really doing your own research, it's not as important to keep track of other research articles, because everything in the ones that are relevant to your stuff are things you should just know, and irrelevant stuff is not worth the time

t. particle physics doctoral student graduating soon

>>9971644
my advice is paper is much nicer to read than even a tablet. its worth it. fuck the trees. it might cost you 10p a page to print but do what i do - print in booklet form. you probably already do but cuts your paper down to 1/4 the use.

you should be mindful incase something goes weird and you have to change direction. happens to people alot. for alot of people, their planned studies or ideas just dont workout. many salvage it nicely, others just hand in a hamfisted piece of shit.

>>9971644
I invested in a tablet for this reason and i did not regret it

>>9971658
t. particle physics doctoral student graduating soon

Random question. I graduate with a B.S. in physics but will be starting and engineering program soon. I want to, however, continue working through material in physics at a graduate level. What is the graduate curriculum like, what are you expected to go over?

>>9971644
Hell, I'm from /pol/.
So, before actually reading the entire paper I read and then analyze the excerpt, or premise. If this doesn't conform to my worldview, I'll just call all the researchers either Jews, or Zionists, and then either post it on /pol/, if the research is weak enough to be lambasted by us, or simply hide it from my head-canon and go and read a passage from Mein Kampf.
Once I've posted it, should it be weak enough, and someone defends it. I call them and offending ShareBlue SJW shill and start posting racist memes, and a Pepes, whilst chanting:
>Praise Kek!
Should their argument be solid enough to offend me, as the article did, I shall become extremely butthurt and start doing as I always do. Attempting to deplatform them, via a mixture of harassment and racist triggering.
I do as Sun Tzu said, and emulate my enemy:
>The SJW

>open paper in browser
>read abstract
>skim through intro/read the portion after after literature review
>look at data/graphs/charts
>read conclusion/summary
>decide whether to save/add to mendeley
reading the whole paper is almost always a waste of time. the literature review will be redundant after you read a few papers on the same subject. the discussion is only worth reading if you don't understand the data.

>>9971650
>>9971658

Do you have a system for finding relevant papers to read? I guess for you guys it's easier cause you already have a narrow topic you are working on. I have just started my graduate studies so I'm still not tied down with a project. I'm finding it hard to figure out which papers are worth investing the time on.

>>9971644
I skim the abstract. If it contains what I'm looking for I'll go over the relevant theorems and proofs, if not I'll trash it immediately. I only physically print out papers if I'm really using some key techniques used in the paper.

>>9972969
Exactly the same thing I do.

>>9971650
>I have piles of papers on my desk.
Commendably honest of you, anon. I thought most loaded up via Scilab and sorted into directories.