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It's that time of year, when graduate school acceptance letters are starting to go out. In an ideal world, you've received multiple ...

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Some readers may remember my endorsement of the Firefox plug-in Zotero as one of the best open source options for reference management. Yo...

Doctoral dissertations and master's theses have always been considered real, citable pieces of work (even if they aren't sufficient ...

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