Recently, I had a conversation with someone, and I came away puzzled. She made a few politically motivated remarks, and I’m certain that my face expressed my confusion as I have no poker face whatsoever. My confusion stemmed from the fact that she was absolutely convinced of the accuracy of her statements. However, during theContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Reality versus Perception”
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Research Skills 101: How to Identify Legitimate Sites
We’ve all done it. We’ve all searched for something online and clicked the first thing to pop up only to find ourselves staring at ads, pop-ups, a non-working website, the completely wrong thing, or something that looks almost right but it isn’t. I have been right next to people who do an online search andContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: How to Identify Legitimate Sites”
Research Skills 101: Why Should You Do Your Own Research?
Remember when everyone rushed out to buy toilet paper in 2020 after social media and the press whipped up a wave of panic buying? We weren’t actually low on toilet paper until some people rushed to the stores to buy it all up. My family refused to participate in the mass buying, but we didContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Why Should You Do Your Own Research?”
Research Skills 101: Everyday Research Is What I Do (and You Can, Too)
I’ve been researching for over twenty-five years. Even before I started college, I worked in a public library, and on the weekends, we didn’t have a reference librarian on staff so we, the library clerks, learned to find answers to people’s questions. I can still remember the first impactful reference question I ever answered. AContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Everyday Research Is What I Do (and You Can, Too)”
Self-Evaluation: I Can Find That
It’s time to start taking a positive turn here. I’ve been so busy considering certain negative aspects of work that I’ve ignored the skills that I have and want to use. On that note, I enjoy doing research. Ask me an odd question, and I’ll go hunting for the answer. If I hear something onContinueContinue reading “Self-Evaluation: I Can Find That”
All Things Subject to Change 