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Exercises
- Compile a list of the recent publications of your advisor
- Compile a list of publications from a particular lab, department, or research group at a particular institution
- Find both the paper and the electronic version of a particular journal; compare the contents of one issue in both formats
- Search for publications on a topic that you are familiar with
- look for different formats (book, article, patent, etc.)
- compile a list of terms that directly relate to your topic
- compile a list of terms that are related/tangential to your topic
- re-do the same topic one week later and compare both your results and your technique
- Find citations to an article written by Israel Wachs in 1999
- Find patents by Israel Wachs; list any patents that may have referenced one of them