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Entries from September 2006

Back and Forth Along the ‘Citation Trail’

September 27th, 2006 · No Comments

An essential part of the research process involves following the ‘citation trail’. Traditionally, that has meant tracking down the sources that have been cited in bibliographies of relevant articles. This path leads backwards in time to articles that form the foundation for ideas expressed in the initial article. The Ebsco Business Source Premiere database, not [...]

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Tags: Dissertation Days

Help Me HGTV !

September 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Through the wisdom of Home and Garden TeleVision I have gained new insight into the process of researching and writing my dissertation. There are a lot more people doing home improvement projects than there are writing doctoral dissertations so it is much easier to “learn by example”.

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Tags: Random Thoughts

Mac’n it in a Windows World: Perpetuating Us vs. Them

September 11th, 2006 · No Comments

I was attending a conference with my trusty Macintosh Powerbook and, at one point in the proceedings, a new software technology was being presented. “Does the software work with this?� I asked lofting my Powerbook so that the presenter might see it. Of all the possible responses, the one I least expected from this particular [...]

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Tags: Dissertation Days