Can reference retrieval not suck?

norabarnacl3 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:51:18 -0800

Is there a (free) application/widget/method to automate the process of retrieving academic articles from university's online access to journals? The way it works now is I will be reading usually a pdf of an article that will cite a particular reference, say Nature volume x etc. To retrieve that reference I have to navigate to my university's library's webpage, search for the journal title, log in through the University proxy, and then on the journal webpage I have to navigate through the volume/issue listings to find the particular cite.

Anyway to make this not suck?

How can I fund a master's thesis research project?

GilloD — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:19:31 -0800

Where to start looking for funding- grant or otherwise- for master's thesis research work? My soon-to-be wife is embarking on her first large scale academic research work: Her master's thesis. As it concerns some global locations (In short, the topic itself concerns spatial recontextualization during the memorialization process, i.e. What we did with the space, why we did it and what it says about us. Particularly concerning the Berlin Wall and the WTC site) we were looking into folding her research work into our honeymoon. When she mentioned it to a professor he insinuated that she might be able to find a small amount of funding to cover living costs abroad.

Where should we start the search for something like that? She has grant writing experience, so the process isn't completely foreign. We're not looking to get a vacation on someone else's dime, but we generally make do on a small budget and even a hundred bucks would be incredibly helpful. Are there websites for this sort of thing? I've been swimming in Google results without much headway, hopefully someone more familar with the process can give us a heads up. Thanks!

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Can reference retrieval not suck?

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