怎么阅读英语论文（英汉）.doc

---- S. Keshav
Researchers must read papers for several reasons: to re-view them for a conference or a class, to keep current in their field, or for a literature survey of a new field. A typical researcher will likely spend hundreds of hours every year reading papers.
1. The First Pass
Instead of starting at the beginning and plowing your way to the end. Each pass plishes specic goals and builds upon the previous pass:
1)The first pass gives you a general idea about the paper.
2)The second pass lets you grasp the paper's content, but not its details.
3)The third pass helps you understand the paper in depth.
So,when get a paper,firstly,this first pass should take about five to ten minutes and consists of the following steps:
1. Carefully read the title, abstract, and introduction.
2. Read the section and sub-section headings, but ignore
everything else
3. Glance at the mathematical content (if any) to determine the underlying theoretical foundations.
4. Read the conclusions
5. Glance over the references, mentally ticking of the ones you've already read.
At the end of the first pass, you should be able to answer
the five Cs:
1. Category: What type of paper is this? A measurement paper? An analysis of an existing system? A description of a research prototype?(学术论文?会议论文?综述论文?介绍某种新算法论文?…)
2. Context: Which other papers is it related to? Which theoretical bases wer