Tweet This post is an ode to Google Scholar (GS). GS has a major advantage against expensive institution only academic search engines in that is free, which makes services indispensable to independent scholars wishing to get some access to research literature when they don’t have an institutional subscription. However, even though I personally have institutional [...]
Archive for June, 2007
June 20, 2007
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Thesis time management
By jose in Blog, Jobs, WritingTweet From Pascal Cavalier’s blog, I got a pointer to a nice article on Thesis time management. Looks like I’ll have to check this Canadian online-magazine on Higher Education in the future: Perhaps what is most daunting about writing a thesis is realizing that if you want to be an academic, this is a good introduction to the [...]
June 14, 2007
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Eight tips for better academic writing
By jose in Blog, Funding, Resources, WritingTweet Good writing is a skill. I’m not saying I have it, and remember, this is a blog post, maybe the fastest form of writing and reading ). As a skill, it requires practice. And, as Graham says, “Writing doesn’t just communicate ideas; it generates them. If you’re bad at writing and don’t like to [...]