Practical guide
Build a daily research workflow
Use a fixed question, collection window, and stopping rule. Resolve canonical records, group commentary under primary work, rank only the changed evidence, and route selections to a research action.[1][2]
Why this gets difficult
Daily research can turn into continuous discovery, with the same paper or event arriving through databases, alerts, press releases, newsletters, and social commentary.[1][2]
A practical way through
- Define the research question, methods, population, and date boundary.[1][2]
- Collect from approved databases, journals, institutions, and specialists during one daily window.[1][2]
- Resolve identifiers and versions before counting work as new.[1][2]
- Route selected items to read, cite, test, discuss, or monitor, then close intake.[1][2]
An example
The situation: A study arrives as a preprint alert, journal notice, press release, and three newsletter links on the same morning.[1][2]
What changes: Identifiers are reconciled, publication status is recorded, and secondary discussion is attached to the canonical study.[1][2]
What you get: The queue contains one research object plus any genuinely new interpretation.[1][2]
What to watch for
Sources worth keeping
How Scottie helps
Scottie can monitor selected research sources, group duplicated alerts, and rank the distinct work against a disclosed research priorities.[3]