For most academics, the standard reference management software is EndNote. It lets you keep track of all the journal articles, books, web sites, etc. that you have read and might want to cite in your papers, integrating easily with Microsoft Word to create properly formatted citations and bibliographies. But what do you do if you [...]
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July 27, 2008
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Three tips to increase your chances of pleasing a journal editor
By jose in Announcements, Reference management, ResourcesRecently I met with someone who is the editor for one of the top journals in my field. We discussed what would increase your chances of pleasing a journal editor. He gave me three clear pointers that I thought would be interesting to the readership here. But, I also think I’m going to try a [...]
June 29, 2007
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Quicker references with Google Scholar
By shane in Reference management, SoftwareThis 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 access [...]
May 24, 2007
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On the need for replications
By jose in Funding, Reading, Reference management, ResourcesDisclaimer: this post may be relevant only for social sciences/psychology people. I found a nice thread on the Judgment and decision making (JDM) mailing list on the need for replications. Lots of good posts on an interesting discussion. The mainstream view is that we simply don’t run enough replications because they are harder to get [...]