Tag Archives: Research

[the making of, pt. 2] Assembling the lit review

By alex | Published: 9/19/2008
(This is the second in a series of posts on the making of a research article. If you haven’t already, go back and check it out from the start.) Overlapping sheets, not a point A common response I get back from undergrads undertaking their first literature review is that they cannot find anything. This is […]
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[the making of, pt. 1] Of sausages and research papers

By alex | Published: 9/17/2008
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. When I get questions from students and colleagues, it is rarely relating to things I’ve found, but how I found them. How did you get that data and make sense of it? I do a poor job of explaining this, and many are unhappy when there […]
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“Hyperlinked Society” hyperlinked

By alex | Published: 7/24/2008
I posted earlier about the Hyperlinked Society collection, made up of a bunch of essays on the role of hyperlinks, um, in society. Just found out via a tweat from one of its co-editors that it’s available in a searchable, linkable form here. Pretty cool if you ask me!
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Why I’m not blogging

By alex | Published: 7/12/2008
This sort of post has now become a staple, but here are some things I’m doing instead of blogging. I’ll try to post a little bit about these projects as they progress. * Finishing up my new book, Search Engine Society. I’m putting the finishing touches on the index. All of it was desperately out […]
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