Ask Lemmy
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected].
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
view the rest of the comments
Can you give me a workflow you'd use to pursue such a question based on the details I gave?
I think properly looking for texts is called "Literature research". I'd go to the local library and ask the person at the desk. They probably studied being a librarian. They'll either recommend you a book, or happen to have a yearly course in the library.
Second possibility: Ask a friend who did a masters degree if they can give you their lecture notes. I think my university of applied science has one book with several chapters on that. (It's in German so I can't really recommend it here.)
Third possibility: Find online material on "literature research". Google it, look at links on wikipedia. There might be online courses, paid or unpaid. And some big universities have some of their lectures available to the public.
I'd probably get a book. I think that's a great way to learn things. Usually they've been written by smart people. And you can read them at your pace. Whatever that is in a given day.
The previous commentor already did that.
Assuming that you don't have enough information on the topics that you want to learn about to even begin this journey without asking for guided help, then the place you need to start is understanding research methodologies.
There are plenty of free online resources that can teach you those skills for free. I am partial to MITs Open Course Work, but many universities offer comparable services.