Writing

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…

To trust or not to trust?

I stood before the technology teacher shaking in my boots, not knowing what she would say next.

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…

Mendeley Review

Citing sources can always be a drag. Complications can always arise when not only deciding what you should and should not cite…

Zotero Review

Zotero is a useful tool to cite your sources correctly. This project was started by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media from George Mason University in 2006. Since then it has been a very reliable way to cite sources for your various papers and projects. Zotero is completely free and is…

Mendeley: A Reference Tool Review

As a student in college, one of the things that is inevitable is research. Regardless of your major…

A Quick Citation to Help Ease the Frustration

Why is it that we have been introduced to citing works as far back as when we were still reading the Magic Tree House books, yet most of us still get anxiety at just the thought of it? When gathering information for research, especially in college, citations are usually…