How To Write A Literature Review - Here’s How You Read an Academic Paper or Journal Article – FAST

🎓 GET 1-ON-1 HELP: https://gradcoach.com/?utm_source=YT&utm_campaign=8MYWqvrk1QE 🧰 FREE RESEARCH TOOLKIT: https://gradcoach.com/toolkit/?utm_source=YT&utm_campaign=8MYWqvrk1QE 📚 FREE EVENTS & WORKSHOPS: https://gradcoach.com/events/?utm_source=YT&utm_campaign=8MYWqvrk1QE Are you trying to read every word of every research paper or journal article — and still feeling behind? You’re not alone. Most postgraduate students assume they’re supposed to read academic papers and journal articles from start to finish. But if you’re a working professional juggling a job, family, and a dissertation, that approach quickly becomes unsustainable. In this video, Dr. Matthew Courtney from Grad Coach explains a smarter, goal-driven way to read academic papers — so you can focus on what actually matters for your literature review, without drowning in PDFs. You’ll learn: - Whether you really need to read the whole paper - Which sections to prioritise at different stages of your literature review - How to decide if a paper is even worth your time - A simple note-taking framework to capture key insights - How to spot when you’ve reached “critical mass” in your reading If you want to read faster, retain more, and build a stronger literature review with less stress, this video will show you how. 00:00 To Read or Not to Read the Entire Paper? 00:47 Prioritizing Papers: The Abstract 01:28 Diving into Literature Reviews 02:20 Methods and Study Design 03:00 Organizing and Tracking Your Reading 03:56 Summarizing and Extracting Key Points 04:31 Reference Lists and Critical Mass This video is an extract from our Literature Review Q&A session - watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/SStsFmEsZzE