Are you a budding researcher? Are you looking to conduct research as part of your undergraduate project, Master’s dissertation, or a Ph.D. thesis? I am sure almost everyone faces an issue while starting with research? Where to start? What to search? How to search?
I am here to guide you.
How do I start basic academic research?
You have at least an idea of what to search for. A topic on Artificial Intelligence, Structural Engineering, VLSI Design, or Social Implications of Technology.
Once you have a broad topic in mind: try to pose a question? What is Artificial Intelligence?
- AI in Education
- AI in Healthcare
- AI for autonomous vehicles
Similarly, Social implications of using Mobile phones etc.
What to search?
Most of the commonly used approach is to search on a google search engine. It is a good search engine for getting basic information on the topic. But when it comes to research, it is not the right platform.
Some of the search engines that you could explore at are:
There are other ways to search that we will gradually learn.
Let’s move to how to Search?
How to Search?
Goto:
1. Goto scholar.google.com
2. Enter a keyword for search. For example: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
You can enter more specific topics
3. You will get a number of research papers on the topic. You can click and start reading.
4. You can also narrow down the search.
(A) Only left panel, you can custom the period that you want to get the papers (Anytime- default, 2020- from 2020, 2016 from 2016, custom range 2010-2019
5. click “Sort by date” to show just the new additions, sorted by date.
Click the envelope icon to have new results periodically delivered by email
6. Articles added in the last year, sorted by date
7. Saved to your library
8. “ citation
9. Cited by…..
Microsoft academic search
1. Go to https://academic.microsoft.com/home
2. Type: “artificial intelligence in healthcare”
3. Sort by Relevance
4. Sort by saliency
