Computer Science: How to Read a Scientific Paper

A short work on how to read academic papers, organized as an academic paper. Some of the advice on doing a literature survey works better in the author's field (CS) but most the material works for everyone.

Part of an assignment on how to read academic papers for a CS class, it describes some strategies and lays out some expectations in terms of time and effort that should be useful.

A blog post that gives a similar but differently worded take on the same issue.

An article discussing how to go about reading a math article or chapter.