When I was a college student, I remember the first time I realized that some people have no clue what purpose libraries serve. A college professor found out I worked at a library, and he asked me…no, I’m not kidding…if I just read all the time and played solitaire on the computer. Yes, ladies andContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: What Good Are Libraries?”
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Keys to Success: Know Your Niche
I will be the first to admit that I struggled with this when I started blogging. I wrote about every subject which came to mind but all on the same blog. When I went back to look over things later, it gave me a bit of whiplash from all the varied subject matter. In myContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Know Your Niche”
Research Skills 101: Critical Thinking
When I was a sophomore in college, I was required to take a course called “Critical Thinking,” and while I was taking it, I absolutely loathed it. I remember having a discussion on doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, and I remember writing a paper defending the whale in the story of Jonah inContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Critical Thinking”
Keys to Success: Just Get Started
Are you a list person? Do you like to plan everything in minute detail? Do you want everything in just the right order before you begin? Has planning ever kept you from completing a project? I can honestly say that I have suffered from “overplanning syndrome” in the past, and I finally realized that sometimesContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Just Get Started”
Research Skills 101: Don’t Get Captured by the Algorithm
Ah, the word haunting all of us: algorithm. What exactly is it? How does it work? When does it help? When does it become a problem? I’m going to do a “flyover” explanation of these ideas, but I’ll put links below so you can study them in more detail. What is an algorithm? A simpleContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Don’t Get Captured by the Algorithm”
All Things Subject to Change 