Help me navigate, understand, and use academic research papers for my studies.
My subject: [SUBJECT]
Assignment type: [DISSERTATION / ESSAY / LITERATURE REVIEW / REPORT]
Level: [UNDERGRADUATE / MASTERS / PHD]
Topic: [YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC]
Provide:
1. **Search Strategy**: How to find relevant papers using Google Scholar, university databases, and citation chaining
2. **Reading Method**: How to read an academic paper efficiently (don't read start to finish)
3. **Critical Analysis Framework**: Questions to ask about every paper I read
4. **Note-Taking System**: How to extract and organise key information from papers
5. **Source Evaluation**: How to assess if a source is credible and relevant
6. **Literature Review Structure**: How to synthesise multiple sources into a coherent narrative
7. **Citation Management**: Best free tools (Zotero, Mendeley) and how to use them
8. **Referencing Guide**: Harvard, APA, and other common formats — quick reference
9. **Avoiding Plagiarism**: How to paraphrase, quote, and attribute properly
10. **Research Gap Identification**: How to spot gaps in existing research for my own contribution
Help me navigate, understand, and use academic research papers for my studies.
My subject: [SUBJECT]
Assignment type: [DISSERTATION / ESSAY / LITERATURE REVIEW / REPORT]
Level: [UNDERGRADUATE / MASTERS / PHD]
Topic: [YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC]
Provide:
1. **Search Strategy**: How to find relevant papers using Google Scholar, university databases, and citation chaining
2. **Reading Method**: How to read an academic paper efficiently (don't read start to finish)
3. **Critical Analysis Framework**: Questions to ask about every paper I read
4. **Note-Taking System**: How to extract and organise key information from papers
5. **Source Evaluation**: How to assess if a source is credible and relevant
6. **Literature Review Structure**: How to synthesise multiple sources into a coherent narrative
7. **Citation Management**: Best free tools (Zotero, Mendeley) and how to use them
8. **Referencing Guide**: Harvard, APA, and other common formats — quick reference
9. **Avoiding Plagiarism**: How to paraphrase, quote, and attribute properly
10. **Research Gap Identification**: How to spot gaps in existing research for my own contribution
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