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Hi, do believe me that I had the exactly the same feeling when my supervisor told me to do something boring , repeatedly, meaningless and seems never gonna ending literature searching work, only to prepare so called 'reliable data', which one can actually derive from some database or authentic CRC handbook, just like any other 'rational beings' do. The biggest problem is that it cost me so much time to review only a very small partial of those data. As a second year PHD student, it would be a miracle that I could finish my PHD in 3 or even 4 years. When I discussed my worries with my supervisor , he only told me to keep working harder and gave me more such slow and laborious work. So if what happens to me make you feel better, you might be aware that you are not alone, at least there is somebody in the world that have more miserable PHD life than you, and she is still trying to survive. 8-)