Once a book is worth a close look, it should not be read mechanically just to mine it for data to record. It is not clerical work to take notes. When the notes are taken thoughtfully on a source not just the ideas and words is that the reader engages into but also its consequences, implications, shortcomings and also the new possibilities. The source should be engaged in a way as if the writer was sitting with us, eager for a conversation. The most fulfilling and promising sources should be read twice for an advanced project for generous understanding of them. If the reader disagrees soon, the text could be exaggerated or misunderstood.
The text should be then reread critically and slowly as if a friend is being questioned amiably, imagining his/her answers and then questioning them. If the reader disagrees, the source should not be out rightly rejected rather it should be read in a way that would encourage one’s own original thought process. Until and unless some ideas of one’s own are not deliberated upon, the sources cannot be fully engaged.
The reader should read sources creatively and actively like an engaged partner rather than reading them passively as a consumer. Even if the reader agrees with the sources, he/she must go beyond one’s sources to have richness in work which would also enhance the quality of writing. It becomes a satisfying moment when the source confirms with the views of the reader. But if the researcher passively agrees he would not be able to develop his own ideas. Therefore, the reader should extend his/her source claims like what can be the new sources that could be covered.
The text should be then reread critically and slowly as if a friend is being questioned amiably, imagining his/her answers and then questioning them. If the reader disagrees, the source should not be out rightly rejected rather it should be read in a way that would encourage one’s own original thought process. Until and unless some ideas of one’s own are not deliberated upon, the sources cannot be fully engaged.
The reader should read sources creatively and actively like an engaged partner rather than reading them passively as a consumer. Even if the reader agrees with the sources, he/she must go beyond one’s sources to have richness in work which would also enhance the quality of writing. It becomes a satisfying moment when the source confirms with the views of the reader. But if the researcher passively agrees he would not be able to develop his own ideas. Therefore, the reader should extend his/her source claims like what can be the new sources that could be covered.
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