Comments on: Making Choices in Research http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html But I fear more for Muninn... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sayaka http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html/comment-page-1#comment-92429 Sayaka Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:42:41 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html#comment-92429 For me, it is Kanji that really makes difference in my research strategy. It's not only about aesthetics, but more logistical! For me, it is Kanji that really makes difference in my research strategy. It’s not only about aesthetics, but more logistical!

]]> By: Brendan http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html/comment-page-1#comment-92070 Brendan Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:03:21 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html#comment-92070 I woke up this morning with the same issues on my mind. Except I've got 50 odd years of 6x weekly issues (4-8 pages per issue!) to look through. Thankfully it's only a few papersm but it's still an impossible task. So I've taken to a combination of tactics. I generally skim the papers very quickly: for my topic at least, I find that if it didn't make the main headline on page 1, it's probably not worth worrying about. And, when I find a juicy reference from another secondary source, I usually call up that paper. I also have a spreadsheet timeline of important events, but I've found that hasn't been a huge help. I gave up pretty quickly on the locked in a tower method: I'm currently locked in Poland, and looking to get out sooner rather than later! I woke up this morning with the same issues on my mind. Except I’ve got 50 odd years of 6x weekly issues (4-8 pages per issue!) to look through. Thankfully it’s only a few papersm but it’s still an impossible task. So I’ve taken to a combination of tactics. I generally skim the papers very quickly: for my topic at least, I find that if it didn’t make the main headline on page 1, it’s probably not worth worrying about. And, when I find a juicy reference from another secondary source, I usually call up that paper. I also have a spreadsheet timeline of important events, but I’ve found that hasn’t been a huge help. I gave up pretty quickly on the locked in a tower method: I’m currently locked in Poland, and looking to get out sooner rather than later!

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html/comment-page-1#comment-91891 Jonathan Dresner Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:33:35 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2007/11/making-choices-in-research.html#comment-91891 I think it was Miriam Burstein (might have been Tim Burke) who suggested that you stop reading in an archive when you stop learning new things: when each document doesn't add something different to your understanding, then you're pretty well done. Call it the "Saturation" model, I suppose. I think it was Miriam Burstein (might have been Tim Burke) who suggested that you stop reading in an archive when you stop learning new things: when each document doesn’t add something different to your understanding, then you’re pretty well done.

Call it the “Saturation” model, I suppose.

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