Advice on Reading Academic Papers by Aaron Massey.
From the post:
Graduate students must learn to read academic papers, but in virtually all cases, these same students are not formally taught how to best read academic papers. It is not the same process used to read a newspaper, magazine, or novel. The process of learning how to read academic papers properly can not only be painful, but also waste quite a bit of time. Here are my quick tips on reading papers of all stripes:
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Less detailed than How to read and understand a scientific paper…., which includes a worked example, and not as oriented to CS as Now to Read a Paper.
In addition to four other guides, Aaron includes this link which returns (as of today), some 384,000,000 “hits” on the search string: “how to read a scientific paper.”
There appears to be no shortage of advice on “how to read a scientific paper.” 😉
Just for grins, a popular search engine returns these results:
“how to read case law” returns 2,070 “hits,” which dwindles down to 80 when similar materials are removed.
Isn’t that interesting? Case law, which in many cases determines who pays, who goes to jail, who wins, has such poor coverage in reading helps?
“how to read statutes” returns 2,500 “hits,” which dwindles down to 97 when similar materials are omitted.
Beyond the barriers of legal “jargon,” be aware that even ordinary words may not have expected meanings in both case law and statutes.
For best and safest results, always consult licensed legal counsel.
That perpetuates the legal guild but its protective mechanisms are harsh and pitiless. Consider yourself forewarned.