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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1G5g6oektA Movie (17:38) on a case study on how to read a scientific paper] with a goal of getting data out. It was for one of my IC417 teams, so it uses a paper relevant to IC417. (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016) | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1G5g6oektA Movie (17:38) on a case study on how to read a scientific paper] with a goal of getting data out. It was for one of my IC417 teams, so it uses a paper relevant to IC417. (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016) | ||
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| + | [https://astrobites.org/ Astrobites] is an AAS-supported site that is run by grad students. Every day, they pick at least one article from arXiv and summarize what the article is discussing, including relevant background if relevant. This is a great way for anyone (you, your students) to keep current on astronomical literature. They tend to pick important articles, so even if you don't want to read their summaries of the journal articles, you can take their paper suggestions and read the papers completely on your own. There are | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 29 July 2020
How can you find out what scientists already know about a particular astronomy topic or object?
Searching the literature is an essential part of doing research. Reading the literature is different than reading a newspaper article.
Most coherent, developed, tested materials
Movie (21:54) on basics of astronomical literature searching (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)
Movie (15:57) on how to read scientific literature (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)
Movie (17:38) on a case study on how to read a scientific paper with a goal of getting data out. It was for one of my IC417 teams, so it uses a paper relevant to IC417. (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2016)
Important note about publications (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, 2020)
Less coherent materials
Literature searching worksheet (by Dr. Luisa Rebull, circa 2009 but updated slightly)
Other sources of interest
Astrobites is an AAS-supported site that is run by grad students. Every day, they pick at least one article from arXiv and summarize what the article is discussing, including relevant background if relevant. This is a great way for anyone (you, your students) to keep current on astronomical literature. They tend to pick important articles, so even if you don't want to read their summaries of the journal articles, you can take their paper suggestions and read the papers completely on your own. There are
