>>12685559>How do you obtain your scientific info, /sci/?Usually I have a question.
Then I go on google scholar (or pubmed if its med related)
Then I type in the keywords + review
Then I filter for 2017 or later (obviously the year changes as time goes on).
Then I look for an article whose title is related to the topic.
For example, say im looking for a non-review paper on amyloid precursor protein in a pediatric, I'll search "amyloid precursor protein pediatric ". I get a bunch of papers on the protein in autistic children, but that's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for early biomarkers of familial alzheimers. So maybe I alter my search terms.
Anyway, once I find the review paper, I read it
I look for references of other reviews, or other journal articles.
I use the knowledge I've gained from reading these papers to produce new keywords for searches.
Rather simply, I wrote a paper in a few days for my undergrad thesis, I referenced (if i recall correctly) over 70 papers, but I read more than that.
And honestly, my undergrad thesis was shit by my standards, but it was good enough for the highest grade so idc