Research Tips
OfflineLet's face it... while we all know that the library (physical or virtual) is one of the best places to go for scholarly research, we still have a tendency to start our search by exploring the vast expands of cyberspace. While this type of "research fishing" may produce a monster hit or two, we often end up wasting valuable time jumping around on sites that are not all that helpful or scholarly. Save your time and energy... start your scholarly investigations at Infomine.
INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information.
INFOMINE is librarian built. Librarians from the University of California, Wake Forest University, California State University, the…
OfflineOne of the joys of our modern world is that we can easily reach out, connect and collaborate with those who share our research interests regardless of geographic location. But, while it is easy to talk to others thousands of miles away, what do you do when you need to show them something? Something now? In real time? A process? This used to be a sticking point in distance-based collaborations... but, not anymore thanks to Join.Me.
As explained on the Join.Me website:
Get everybody on the same page, when they're not in the same room, instantly. Review documents and designs. Train staff. Demo products or just show off. join.me is a ridiculously simple screen sharing tool for meetings on the fly.
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OfflineThere are so many conferences that it becomes almost impossible to keep up with what is happening! But, I have the perfect solution to help keep you on top of all the various conferences that align with your discipline and research interests...Conference Alerts (www.conferencealerts.com).
With Conference Alerts, you can:
Subscribe to this free service to keep informed about upcoming conferences without having to go to the trouble of doing an on-line search. You get -
- Once a month: A copy of Conference Alerts Monthly tailored to your individual interest profile. Your copy of Conference Alerts Monthly will list only events with keywords matching your interests and in countries you specify.
- Occasionally: E-mails alerting you about individual featured events.
You will be able…
OfflineIf you are a frequent number-cruncher, it makes sense to spend hundreds of dollars to have all the fancy bells and whistles available with statistical analysis software today... but, what if you only want to analyze one or two data sets per year? Then what?
For those of you with infrequent data analysis needs, the Web 2.0 movement offers a host of free online statistical analysis options. While theses freebies may not have all the fancy additional options (although some of them really are quite elaborate), they are great for basic data analysis! Depending on your needs, there are various online packages available at the click of a button:
- The R Statistical Language The open source statistical language of choice for most tasks.
- ADE A modular…
OfflineAre you working on interesting research that has value to higher education? If so, consider submitting your proposal to the upcoming HLC Annual Conference; submission deadline is Sept. 27, 2011.
Don't miss this chance to participate in one of the largest and most diverse higher education conferences of the year!
The Higher Learning Commission seeks innovative, enthusiastic proposals on a variety of topics for its 2012 Annual Conference program. The Annual Conference offers a broad range of sessions and services that include multiple pre-conference workshops, approximately 200 general program sessions, an Exhibit Hall, a Resource Center, and a Self-Study Fair. More than 3,800…
OfflineMendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
Start using Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) now to organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
- Automatically generate bibliographies
- Collaborate easily with other researchers online
- Easily import papers from other research software
- Find relevant papers based on what you're reading
- Access your papers from anywhere online
- Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app
OfflineA new website has been released to facilitate the collection of DOI information: http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/.
The 6th Edition of the APA Publication Manual has added a new requirement for APA style references: the inclusion of DOI (digital object identifier) numbers for those books, chapters, articles, and other materials. The value of a DOI is that it allows one to easily find online materials despite changing links and web locations; the drawback is that DOI information can be difficult to locate.
A new website has been released to facilitate the collection of DOI information: CrossRef.org. Using…
OfflineTired of typing each reference and citation? No money to buy a fancy reference/citation manager? No problem! Microsoft Office has taken pity on all us researchers and has integrated a free reference manager into Word 2007 and Word 2010. Use this handy-dandy tool to increase the efficiency and accuracy of all your manuscripts!
If you are already using Microsoft Word to write your manuscripts, taking advantage of the reference tools will help to ensure consistency and accuracy in your references/citations in a fraction of the time. The following references will help you get started:
• Creating a bibliography
• Using Word 2010's References Feature
• How to Use the APA Reference Feature in Word 2007
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