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| I have difficulty deciding what to read (A13, C2-C4). Source choice and selection Every student, manager and researcher spends an immense amount of time going through piles of literature and other written sources. They should be able to keep track of relevant articles, newspapers, books and reports on a more or less permanent basis. It is impossible to read everything that is published even on relatively limited areas of research. Effective reading, therefore, requires selection of sources. Making good use of libraries and databases is a vital prerequisite for informed selections. International journals and magazines are also important sources of information. Knowledge of the most relevant journals and their methods for gathering news is important for making an informed selection in this area. As part of your education your teacher will often present you with a number of books which you are expected to read from cover to cover. In this case it is nevertheless important to grasp the background of the author(s). Authors with a good reputation in an area in general write more influential books – although their writing might not be a particularly easy read. In later phases of your training, the selection of a book by your tutor is almost always inspired by the relative importance of the author in a particular scientific discipline. In research practice you have to select the books yourself, but reading them from cover to cover will rarely be necessary. The most important reading skill is to be able to identify and select those (parts of) books which are most useful to you.
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