Why do youfeel it’s important to read other peoples investigations? and How does this help your work

Question: Why do youfeel it's important to read other peoples investigations? and How does this help your work
- Keywords:
  peer review,
  research,
  work
Asked by lauren15 to Judith, Akshat on 20 Jun 2011.
- Judith McCann answered on 13 Jun 2011:
  
  One of the criteria for passing a phd is that you have done original research, so its good to check in your subject area that noones doing identical work to you 😀 also its good to find out what developments are going on in your area, new discoveries/methods!
- Akshat Rathi answered on 20 Jun 2011:
  
  Agree with Judith. Other than that reading about other’s work can be inspiring and motivating.

Question: Why do youfeel it's important to read other peoples investigations? and How does this help your work