Research

A Normal Persons Guide to Doing Research

As a college student, I’ve gotten to the point where I can research and write papers in my sleep. The Problem is, graduation is fast approaching and once I leave, I won’t have the access to all the resources I currently have. Let’s be honest, academic…

Research, The Intimidating Beast

“Class, a final research paper will be due at the end of the semester and the topic of your research…

Mendeley Works…

In this blog post, I am going to discuss the effectiveness of the citation management tool, Mendeley. Mendeley is a free service (fee for over 2GB of storage), which is largely known for its ability to organize a researcher’s sources. Mendeley has the capability to work across different operating…

Taking the Time to Find the Right Source

Simple Google searches just aren’t enough.

With #icanhazpdf, Twitter users are working together to avoid financial barriers for accessing academic research.

Is it civil disobedience, or just piracy?

The Minds Behind Wikipedia

In today’s society, everyone uses Wikipedia at some point or another. Some of us use it for a basic understanding of something we have just heard of or learned about, others will rely on it to be the main source for their biggest report of the year. Many of us have never considered…

Review of Zotero, An Invaluable Reference Manager

The personal research assistant that I wish I had discovered sooner.