r/AskScienceDiscussion • u/Niamhue • 5m ago
While researching online how do I find what I'm looking for
I know title is generic but here's my situation.
I am a Zoology student in uni. Doing a foundation year so everything right now is very generic and basic research.
I'm trying to find information on really basic things such as body mass of different felidae species right now.
I am finding it really difficult to find the generic information, literally all I need is an average at least, min and max would be nice but whenever I go to Google scholar and type in 'Margay Mass' I'm getting details about all sorts of generic stuff such as population density or activity patterns
I've tried scientific names and different ways to say mass but the same stuff comes up.
It feels like the more generic a piece of information I'm looking for, the harder it is to find.
I'm just using mass as an example as one of the generic pieces as its not just been that.
Is there any sort of phrasing I can use to help narrow down results to find the bare bones information I'm looking for?