background preloader

Study Research

Facebook Twitter

Tatia Pilieva. Series Official Site. The Art of Personal Effectiveness - 500 quotes on making the most of yourself. Description In this collection, you’ll find around 500 quotes on the theme of Personal Effectiveness.

The Art of Personal Effectiveness - 500 quotes on making the most of yourself

They range from quotes by Aristotle in 300 BC and Epictetus in 100 BC to Goldie Hawn and Mariah Carey in the 20th century. You’ll be astonished at how some of the oldest quotes seem to have been written with today’s audience in mind... Have a look! Preface We all love a good quote. In this collection, you’ll find around 500 quotes on the theme of Personal Effectiveness.

Content Preface 1 Assertiveness 2 Maximising Your Potential 3 Stress Management 4 Thinking Skills 5 Time Management 6 Web Resources on “The Art of Personal Effectiveness” About the Author Profile of Author Eric Garner Eric Garner is an experienced management trainer with a knack for bringing the best out of individuals and teams. How to Search for Literature More Effectively. UC Berkeley. Sheldon Margen Public Health Library. The Systematic Literature Search. Computer and Information Ethics. First published Tue Aug 14, 2001; substantive revision Thu Oct 23, 2008 In most countries of the world, the “information revolution” has altered many aspects of life significantly: commerce, employment, medicine, security, transportation, entertainment, and so on.

Computer and Information Ethics

Consequently, information and communication technology (ICT) has affected — in both good ways and bad ways — community life, family life, human relationships, education, careers, freedom, and democracy (to name just a few examples). “Computer and information ethics”, in the broadest sense of this phrase, can be understood as that branch of applied ethics which studies and analyzes such social and ethical impacts of ICT. The present essay concerns this broad new field of applied ethics. 1. 1.1 The Foundation of Computer and Information Ethics In the mid 1940s, innovative developments in science and philosophy led to the creation of a new branch of ethics that would later be called “computer ethics” or “information ethics”. What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important? December 1, 2015 The ideas and opinions expressed in this essay are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of the NIH, NIEHS, or US government.

What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important?

When most people think of ethics (or morals), they think of rules for distinguishing between right and wrong, such as the Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"), a code of professional conduct like the Hippocratic Oath ("First of all, do no harm"), a religious creed like the Ten Commandments ("Thou Shalt not kill... "), or a wise aphorisms like the sayings of Confucius. This is the most common way of defining "ethics": norms for conduct that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Stanford Bitcoin Group. Filebox.vt.edu/n/nussbaum/subpages/ProposalHowTo.pdf. Journal Articles & Critically Evaluating a Journal Article.pdf. Www.learnwithus.southampton.ac.uk/academicSkills/pdfs/posing_the_question.pdf. Www.sass.uottawa.ca/writing/kit/grad-literature-review.pdf. Lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/1006/462559/lit_review_Flinders_Uni.

Users.wpi.edu/~vandeven/Literature_Review_Guide.pdf. Research Planning 101 - Explore. Once you know what your research question is, you are ready to explore how to answer it.

Research Planning 101 - Explore

To begin, it helps to know where to explore and what you're likely to find there. Where should you begin? Available sources Uses of sources Search strategies Explore Books PolyCAT is the Library's catalog and it contains the titles of books newspapers magazines journals videos course reserves senior projects and more Note: you will not find articles in PolyCAT. Explore Articles To find articles in newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals, use a database. You can find databases listed by subject or alphabetically. Which article database should you use?

Some databases, like Academic Search Elite, contain information on a wide variety of topics. To find the best database, Try a general database first for a brief assignment (e.g. Scholarly Resources (peer-reviewed or refereed) My professor said I need a scholarly/peer-reviewed article for my paper. There are two major types of articles: Scholarly Popular. Research Papers. Summary: This handout provides detailed information about how to write research papers including discussing research papers as a genre, choosing topics, and finding sources.

Research Papers

Contributors:Jack Raymond Baker, Allen BrizeeLast Edited: 2011-03-30 09:06:38 Research: What it is. A research paper is the culmination and final product of an involved process of research, critical thinking, source evaluation, organization, and composition. How to Write a Research Paper. Most university courses involve some sort of extended writing assignment, usually in the form of a research paper.

How to Write a Research Paper

Papers normally require that a student identify a broad area of research related to the course, focus the topic through some general background reading, identify a clear research question, marshal primary and secondary resources to answer the question, and present the argument in a clear and creative manner, with proper citations. That is the theory, at least. But how do you go about doing it all?

Research Planning 101 - Explore. Once you know what your research question is, you are ready to explore how to answer it.

Research Planning 101 - Explore

To begin, it helps to know where to explore and what you're likely to find there. Where should you begin? Available sources Uses of sources Search strategies Explore Books.

Bitcoins

ACM Digital Library. Basic Search: EBSCOhost. Oxford Journals. eJournals A to Z University of Wales Online Library eJournal List. Search through over 11 million science, health, medical journal full text articles and books.