NancyLebovitz comments on Scholarship: How to Do It Efficiently - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 May 2011 02:24:36PM 1 point [-]

Heuristics for searching, specifically for history. I'm not sure how much of this generalizes, but it's a look at such questions as whether you've collected enough information, and some emphatic material (mostly in the comments) against using advanced search too early.

Searching for primary literature for use in laboratory write-ups