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Category Archives: Reading

Things to read once I finish

February 21, 2011

I’m still waiting for my chair to get back to me, but in the meantime I’ve started thinking about what …

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10 books every graduate student should read

October 17, 2010

Regardless of what you are studying, there are a few books that can help just about any graduate student master …

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Demystifying Dissertation Writing Part 1: Chapters 1-5

July 17, 2010

In order to move myself forward on this process I have been reading Demystifying Dissertation Writing:A Streamlined Process from Choice …

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Note taking – Part 2

July 5, 2008

There were a couple of questions embedded in the comments that I wanted to address, then provide an update on …

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How I am GOING to spend my summer vacation….

April 14, 2008

Summer, 2008 – Historiography/Historical Methods BOOKS:• From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods • A Pocket Guide to Writing …

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Work-Life-Dissertation balance and a revised graduate student work day

April 3, 2008

One of the issues of late for me has been the complete and utter lack of balance in my life.  …

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Shockingly enough….

November 14, 2007

I didn’t read a single page this evening.  Budgeting and stress won out….. Powered by ScribeFire.

Reading IS Productivity

November 12, 2007

I had a bit of a revelation today; for a scholar, Reading is Productive.  It isn’t a hobby.  It isn’t …

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How to absorb a non-fiction book in a limited timeframe

November 6, 2007

One of the first things you are taught in a speed reading class is that it is as important to …

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As if this were news….

October 14, 2007

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm You’re probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or …

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My Current Reading List

Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Guide to Statistics, Models, Graphs, and Other Breeds of Data Analysis

Handbook of Educational Data Mining (Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series)

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (Fiction)

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