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  1. Dec 2021
    1. In the second pass, read the paper with greater care, butignore details such as proofs.

      The objective is to get an overall grasp of the content, sufficient to allow you to summarize effectively with supporting evidence.

      You should gain enough familiarity to determine where additional effort to understand the details is warranted.

      You are also looking for evidence of quality (or lack thereof) that might color your impressions of the overall value.

    2. The first pass is a quick scan to get a bird’s-eye view ofthe paper.

      Initial screening of the document, based on front-matter, end-matter, introduction, and conclusions.

      You are evaluating the relevance, validity, quality, and ultimate value of the document to your knowledge base. If your evaluation is favorable, you can be relatively confident that spending more time to go through the document in more detail (second pass) will be worthwhile.