Section outline
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Literature is the foundation of any academic study. This necessitates searching for, finding, acquiring, and (very importantly) reading and relating relevant literature! In this part of the course, you will find guidance on how to search for literature from home using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) client as well as from within the university network. Relevant literature includes subject-specific textbooks (techniques of scientific work) in its complete form (writing style, citation, structure of papers, etc.). Here, you will be provided with a list of freely available textbooks. Furthermore, you will find some often requested tips and tricks easing and fastening your scientific life.
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There are numerous platforms and portals available for searching appropriate literature. A few of them are listed below. However, the search process itself is even more crucial than the platform used. Detailed information on search algorithms to refine and limit search results is provided in the course folders.
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Find some scientific writing books here, e.g.:
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Ask a colleague from another university, which might have access to the article of interest. Ask by providing the DOI number of the article.
In case you cannot wait, install the Tor Browser. Use DuckDuckGo and search for "scihub". Choose one of the working links and enter the full DOI number, e.g. https:/doi.org/DOINUMBER. Be lucky when receiving the desired PDF.