HistoryFilter: Help me think of an interesting and researchable thesis for a Renaissance History course. [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2007 - 11 answers

How do you learn to write quickly? I have a good number of 5-15 page papers due in the next couple of days and they're killing me. I have no lack of ideas, I have no lack of outlines and notes I can create. But somewhere between holding the notes and writing the sentences down my brain sticks and I spend an hour writing and re-writing the first paragraph. What to do? [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2006 - 40 answers

I need help getting access to a published paper on estuaries. My girlfriend needs it to work on a paper of hers. We've found everything else on various free sites, but this one we're having no luck. Since it's just one paper, I was hoping someone here was a subscriber to one of the sites it's at. (Specific details inside) [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2006 - 13 answers

I'm doing research for a paper, and am running low on time. It turns out that my college (Goucher college), does not subscribe to a database I need access to. The database is: EEBO : Early English Books Online. If any of my fellow students on metafilter can help me out please send an e-mail to the address in my profile.
posted on Apr 30, 2004 - 5 answers