Art of Doing Research
A major problem while doing research is that we tend to forget what we've read or where did you read it.
- Some people use Zettlekasten which is a note-taking system.
- Another system is Caplan's approach, where you highlight the sections you may need to revisit later that will contain your notes and quotes as well as your summary of the work.
The goal is to create a map of everything, so you know where to find it again.
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