Posts Tagged ‘ information ’

Wikipedia Wants Your Learned Grey Matter

Whether it’s a site-able source (it’s absolutely not, according to many professorial types) or not, everyone uses Wikipedia as a quick way to satisfy some burning question or as a starting point on some quest for reams of information on almost any subject one can think of. It’s like a Twinkie or Oscar Meyer baloney: I don’t trust it, I would never serve it at a dinner party, but I’m still gonna eat it. [ READ MORE ]

Broadband Availability for U.S. Schools

School kids need broadband, too! There’s a nearly infinite universe of information available on the Internet, a bazillion football stadiums’ worth of hard copy knowledge that would never fit into a school library or classroom[ READ MORE ]

Grad School Heaven

Two major points in their favor: They understand the college rankings machine and its methods are questionable and should be taken with a grain of salt, and they are of the strong opinion that any prospective grad student who pays someone else to write admissions essays/statements/letters of intent is a jackass who is decreasing his/her chances of being accepted[ READ MORE ]

New Tool for Scholarly Types: Oxford Bibliographies Online

I rarely cheer the idea of having to pay for information, especially research (scholarly or otherwise). However, I dislike the gallons of time I’ve spent with a numb ass and eyes glued open in a trancelike attitude, searching and searching for the articles I want and require until everything either looks perfect or utterly worthless. [ READ MORE ]

Library Research in the Digital Age

Does anyone do in-library research any more? Most people don’t. Not even book-loving me. [ READ MORE ]