Entries from Element List tagged with 'research'

Top Digital Research and Writing Tools for Scholars: An In-Depth Guide

Mind mapping software, bibliographic databases, data storage and backup services--all of these are meant to help you manage your research information better and faster than ever before. But learning how to use these tools can be a major bottleneck when...

Posted on August 25, 2010
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Overheard in the Blogosphere: Productivity Edition

I don't know about you, but I start getting anxious on Sundays. There's always more work to be done, and I get the urge to get a jump on the work week. So today I've combed through a variety...

Posted on June 27, 2010
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The Tyranny of the Most Important Problem

Apple's iTunes has hundreds if not thousands of university lectures available for download from such top schools as MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. Last Spring, I came across a wonderful survey course called Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental...

Posted on January 31, 2010
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Mid-Ocean Ridge Research

The Ridge2000 program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is designed to gather scientists from many different disciplines to study the geological, hydrothermal, and biological processes at few carefully selected mid-ocean spreading centers, also known as ridges. Now, thanks to...

Posted on April 11, 2007
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