One thing I've recently discovered is this website: connectedpapers.com/ It builds a graph of referenced papers and makes it easier to narrow down which one ar

One thing I've recently discovered is this website: connectedpapers.com/ It builds a graph of referenced papers and makes it easier to narrow down which one are important/foundational for further research I don't think a glossary would help. What you need to find is a "review paper". These act as a primer to the field for new researchers. They're usually well written, with less jargon and have tons of references for you to dig into. That said, I don't have a good method for finding them.. I just stumble across them haphazardly..