I'm fortunate in that I work in an area that has a library filled with literature that is relevant for my position paper. I even have a friend helping me out....see caption above:)
I've sourced quite a few articles from both work and Massy university libraries and have spoken to work colleagues that are currently practicing in the field of organ retrieval, since I personally, have been out of it for about five years now. The problem I've found this week is that one can collect too much information resulting in information overload. This is a problem because I now have to filter through all that research to find the relevant material for my paper. This is both a waste of time and can become a little overwhelming. It also gets a bit boring after a while.
What I've learned from all this is to only retrieve what is absolutely necessary for my task to save on time and keep my interest up. There is some good information on some government websites too, so I might start there and work my way through the rest one page at a time.
Note to self....."keep it simple."
Hi Mel, I bet your mate was very helpful with your research! I know what you mean about information overload, I was struggling with that initially also. I found selective skim reading to be the key. Takes time though!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jess. So true.
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ReplyDeleteHi melanie i see this is a command problem the research over load with too much information and wasting time on it all. I have found google really useful over my time of reasearching i wish you all the best keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteHi Melanie, lovely post. I know what it like to source so much material and then have to go through it all and it takes a lot of time. Yes, keep it simple with the topic in the forefront of your mind.
ReplyDeleteHi Melanie, We both have the same problem - too much info, and having to sort through to find the relevant information. I agree that research needs to be kept simple - but I feel that collecting extra information (though it doesn't go into your position paper specifically) can give a more holistic understanding for a topic, and help your writing be mature :)
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