Through this semester’s study, I understand the basic framework of a paper, which generally includes title, abstract, introduction, literature review, experiment/method, results, discussion, conclusion, references and appendix.

  • The title of the paper seeks to be concise, accurate, which can reflect the core theme of the paper.
  • The abstract is a short article with complete logic. It should briefly introduce the whole paper’s aim, process, method, research result, and conclusion. The purpose of writing the abstract is to enable the reviewer to have a general understanding of the main content of the paper before reviewing the complete text, and to enable the reader to have a general account of the problem studied by the author through reading it, and to decide whether to read the full text further.
  • The literature review is based on the reading, selection, comparison, classification, analysis, and synthesis of the literature, an intelligence study in which researchers use their own language to give a comprehensive account of the state of a problem. The main contents of the literature review include the history of the research, the analysis of the research methods, the solved problems along with the remaining problems. This will not only enable researchers to determine the direction of research but also facilitate others to understand the starting point and cut-in point of the study. On top of that, it can highlight the contribution and innovation of the author.
  • In the “Experiment” part, the material property, quality, source, material selection, and treatment should be described in detail, so as to help the peer to repeat the experiment, to verify the results of the paper. The author should explain the procedure of the experiment, the time, place, method of the experiment, and the normal or abnormal phenomena and problems in the course of the experiment.
  • The “Results” section is a systematic summary of the experiment, showing the reader the information most relevant to the subject of the survey, with non-textual elements (such as graphs) appropriately used to present the results more effectively.
  • Discussion: summarize the current research, clarify the relationship between the results of this study and previous literature, discuss unexpected or unexpected findings, describe the relationship between the results of this study and relevant theoretical models.
  • The conclusion part is to summarize the content and results of the paper, propose the shortcomings that can be improved and the direction that can be improved or further studied in the future.
  • References are written to respect and protect the intellectual property rights of the original authors and to facilitate access to relevant information. It should be noted that there are certain format specifications for writing references.

Through the demonstration of Ms. Xue in class, I knew some literature retrieval websites that I didn’t know before and mastered the relevant retrieval methods. Furthermore, I knew how to evaluate various sources(3 principles: review, recent, and relevant).

中国知网CNKI

IEEE

Web of Science

Springer Link

Scirnce Direct

I have mastered some reading strategies, learned to use intensive reading to understand the details of academic papers, read the abstract to understand the outline of the paper, and through key sentences to quickly get to the core of the paragraph. With the help of Ms. Xue, my critical thinking skills have enhanced, which laid the foundation for future study and paper writing.

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