Help me rescue my analytical faculties so I can survive the last months of grad school with my dignity intact.
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posted by avocet
on Apr 21, 2013 -
16 answers
I'm 31 years old and looking for a career change. I've come to love research and I've always loved reading nonfiction and true crime as well as the exposé articles often published by alternative weeklies. What are some careers that would fit these interests, and how do I work my way towards those careers?
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posted by averageamateur
on Mar 11, 2013 -
9 answers
A friend of mine recently quit his job and has found himself with a lot of free time. As a method to explore his mind and world he has set himself a task to write an essay on : -
"The Notion of Freedom and Humanity"
I am no philosophy veteran but I am sure that there must be some great texts already dealing with this subject.
What research and reading material can I recommend my friend for his essay?
posted by Cogentesque
on Jan 15, 2013 -
12 answers
what tools and platforms exist right now which humanists can use to do collaborative research? what models exist of successful humanities collaboration?
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posted by idlethink
on Nov 26, 2012 -
3 answers
Researchers, Writers, Grad Students, and Professors: Tell me about your technical setup (hardware and software). What do you use, and what couldn't you live without?
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posted by NotMyselfRightNow
on Nov 2, 2012 -
25 answers
What are some of the best technical blogs out there in conservation biology, biogeography, evolutionary biology, and ecology?
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posted by Scientist
on Oct 29, 2012 -
4 answers
How does media exposure fit into an academic career? Should I be writing articles for general publications and/or doing interviews? Or am I wasting time I could be using to write journal papers?
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posted by ranglin
on Jun 20, 2012 -
6 answers
I'm an advanced PhD student and I've decided I want to make a professional website, including a research/analysis/commentary blog about my work and my field. I'm looking for general advice about the blog.
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posted by PercussivePaul
on Jun 11, 2012 -
9 answers
Radio, radio filter. I want to learn about the history of radio programming formats.
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posted by Buffaload
on Apr 30, 2012 -
4 answers
Help me write a research paper all at once by providing me with the ultimate late-night write-a-thon soundtrack. Pop/Dance/Electronica edition, specifications within.
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posted by Scientist
on Apr 24, 2012 -
29 answers
Can you recommend a good book/guide to writing scientific research papers (for publication)?
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posted by bluefly
on Mar 19, 2012 -
7 answers
The way I research (academic or otherwise) is increasingly incompatible with the tools I have. Reams of handwritten notebooks, and hundreds of word docs vs a highly tagged website only add to my self-created confusion.
I'm drawn to Tinderbox software as a possible solution, but as an adamant PC user I'm locked out.
How do you order your research? / How to write-up my PhD now my brain is fried?
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posted by 0bvious
on Mar 16, 2012 -
10 answers
Calling all academics and graduate students: Tell me about your workflow for turning a piles of notes and ideas into something that resembles a thesis or research arcticle!
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posted by snowysoul
on Mar 1, 2012 -
14 answers
How do I turn my current (quite positive) experience with community work into (a) anthropological research pre-grad or (b) non-fiction writing? Or, how do you conduct research outside of the academy?
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posted by elephantsvanish
on Dec 21, 2011 -
5 answers
I think I procrastinate on projects as a dysfunctional way to manage my anxiety about them. Can you help me manage that anxiety more productively?
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posted by colfax
on Dec 8, 2011 -
8 answers
Please help me make a plan to deal with the aftermath of this episode of severe depression. For various reasons I would really prefer not to be enrolled in college
again next semester. It's long, I'm sorry, but I wrote this too quickly to pare things out.
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posted by bilabial
on Nov 30, 2011 -
12 answers
How should I manage my workflow for researching and writing a nonfiction book using Evernote and other tools?
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posted by incandescentman
on Oct 16, 2011 -
2 answers
I'm considering using
Devonthink Pro for research and article writing. Looks very interesting. And MeFites out there already using it with great success? Would love some tips and pointers about what your process is like. Thanks!
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posted by chasing
on Sep 18, 2011 -
7 answers
How to concentrate on a research-driven book project when the subject matter is periodically changing / being updated by other writers?
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posted by taramosalata
on Apr 22, 2011 -
4 answers
What interesting questions would you ask of a panel of writers on the subject of researching a novel?
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posted by storybored
on Mar 31, 2011 -
11 answers
I have cousin who is an undergrad college student overwhelmed by the research paper process, who asking me for help Any tips to help me help him?
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posted by Nickel Pickle
on Mar 22, 2011 -
14 answers
I'm not an academic, not trained in the art of research, and I could use some guidance. I need advice on how to identify and track down sources for a multi-year exploration of a topic.
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posted by croutonsupafreak
on Dec 7, 2010 -
23 answers
My boss has asked me to work on getting our company a contract with the U.S. government's General Services Administration (GSA). I have been doing some research and reading everything I can about it, but I think this may be too big of a job for just me. Does anyone have any experience with working on a contract like this or know of any good resources for help? Anything that any of you can offer would be great. Thanks!
posted by healthykindofsick
on Aug 6, 2010 -
9 answers
How do I do a good literature review for a research paper in philosophy? I have access to good resources, but I really want to make sure that I cover everything that's been written on the topic. How can I put myself at ease while making sure I don't miss a beat?
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posted by superiorchicken
on Jun 23, 2010 -
17 answers
Perhaps this is just a fantasy, but is there any application or online tool that could search through the references of an article I have saved as a PDF, in order to check whether I have those cited articles in my larger PDF library? It would be perfect if it would highlight, link, or somehow display cross-referenced relationships between all my articles. I am already familiar with many referencing/PDF organization software such as
Papers (Mekentosj),
Sente, and
Devonthink. I suppose what I have in mind is a similar tool, but with the additional power of something like ISI Indexes. I have a fairly large library (about 300 references that I'm actively using, and more than 2000 total) and I'm just trying to get some "big-picture" grasp of how all these sources relate to one another.
posted by samac
on Jun 20, 2010 -
5 answers
Footnote filter: I am writing a non-fiction, non-academic book and need help determining what to include in my citations.
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posted by quidividi
on Dec 5, 2009 -
5 answers
I have 2 hours to lecture to a bunch of 18 year-olds how to write well. The bulk of their work-load will be somewhere along the lines of position papers, research papers and summaries of conferences. How do I keep them glued to their chairs?
More info in explanation.
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posted by eytanb
on Oct 19, 2009 -
9 answers
What should an extended abstract (in the humanities) look like? This is for philosophy in particular, though I assume it might be a similar style for other disciplines.
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posted by JoshSmith
on Sep 20, 2009 -
2 answers
Has anyone ever formalized the proper conduct for the fiction writer regarding his/her nonfiction sources?
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posted by Bookhouse
on Sep 9, 2009 -
7 answers
[Academic Filter] Should I work on one research paper at once, or several?
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posted by Sutekh
on Jul 15, 2009 -
7 answers
Writing an Asperger character : how can I get to know enough about Asperger's syndrom ? Please bear in mind that I live in Belgium.
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posted by Baud
on Jul 6, 2009 -
13 answers
Literary Darwinism: A relatively new field of evolutionary psychology / literary theory. What has recently been written in argument
against it?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 3, 2008 -
7 answers
(Posting for a Friend)
"I am doing research for a novel I'm writing. But since I'm no longer affiliated with a university I'm having a difficult time in getting responses from professors and specialists that I have contacted with questions. How can I increase my chances of having them take me seriously and answer my questions?
Also, does anyone have advice for a non-Hungarian speaker to do research with the Hungarian Archives?"
Thank you!
posted by lolalivia
on Apr 17, 2008 -
6 answers
i'm writing a book and in it are a series of thefts from expensive homes and galleries; thefts of items, money, etc. where can i research realistic (as in, not ocean's twelve laser dancing) schemes that people have used to pull off extremely large heists?
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posted by dflemingdotorg
on Jul 31, 2007 -
20 answers
Can anyone recommend some good research/study/outlining software that assists your writing? Either freeware or paid. Basically I mean software that alows you to collate ideas and notes as you read, as well as lets you do outlining - all this in preparation for writing a report or paper or essay.
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posted by vizsla
on Apr 25, 2007 -
11 answers
Please help me find a way to electronically organize my magazine article collection.
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posted by marylynn
on Apr 12, 2007 -
6 answers
I am looking for well regarded books/scholarly papers about writing. Most specifically in the areas of Nonfiction (the essay style of article writing) and Children's Fiction (for a young adult audience).
Any tips? Go as far and broad as you can. I'll be off to the British library tomorrow, so the sky is the limit.
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posted by 0bvious
on Jan 9, 2007 -
6 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?
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posted by schroedinger
on Dec 6, 2006 -
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I am writing a book - a non-academic, non-fiction book. I am using lots of academic materials as sources, and generally I simply mention the source in the text when I am quoting directly - or summarizing an original idea contained in the source (I use footnotes when the attribution requires more info and interrupts the flow of the story I am telling.)
I am, of course, especially concerned with the issue of plagiarism - I am keeping my notes tidy, attributing as above, and otherwise following the various rules I've read in the different handbooks for academic writing I've studied.
But here are two questions....
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posted by soulbarn
on Aug 25, 2006 -
11 answers
