From the monthly archives: May 2009

Are you up-to-date?

By On May 28, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Cool tools, Database Tip, Duke researchers, Research Help, Tips for students

For many faculty and graduate students who remain on-campus, the summer is the time to catch up with all those things that got left behind in the end-of-semester rush.

With the deluge of articles and books in your field, it’s sometimes a challenge to keep up-to-date.

Not any more.

If you [...]

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Publish or Perish

By On May 22, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Cool tools, Original research, Research Help

There are a number of ways to analyze the impact of publications of a particular researcher (including yourself).  A longtime favorite has been ISI’s (Social) Science Citation Index, which has come to the web as Web of Science.  The web has introduced a number of other tools for assessing the impact of [...]

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