I need to write a twenty page paper about the economic and social situation of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, a dying rust-belt steel town. Is there a Coatesville expert in the room? Someone who grew up there? Someone who spent time there or did business there? I need your expertise, or at the very least access to resources that might not be readily apparent to me. [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 6 answers

New Macintosh user needs help getting his Pro set up for academic research. [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 10 answers

I need to find a good spot to study. I like libraries, particularly of the academic sort. What's the most congenial library in the Baltimore, MD area? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 5 answers

GradSchoolAnxietyFilter: I have no research experience. How do I describe my research plan? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2006 - 8 answers

What happened to the New York School of Music? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2006 - 6 answers

Researchers, academics, and readers: how do you deal with taking notes, recording passages, keeping a common-place book, and reading long books? What is your note-taking workflow? [more inside]
posted on Jan 19, 2006 - 30 answers

I'm researching the pros/cons of brute memorization as it applies to the classroom. [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2005 - 11 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