How do you cite a Tweet?

There is a correct way, as The Modern Language Association explains.  (This newspaper article, by Alexis C. Madrigal for The Atlantic, was tweeted to Whittaker by research-support guru The Thesis Whisperer.)

Time Management: how about SlimTimer?

This is a new resource to me, but if you're struggling with time management, then SlimTimer might help:-

http://slimtimer.com/

(Recommended by Barnaby Brown, one of our Scottish Music degree lecturers and now undertaking doctoral studies in Cambridge.)

Alternatively, you might consider the very simple Pomodoro technique, as described by The Thesis Whisperer.  It involves setting a timer, and sticking to it.  Read more here ...

How to Tame Your PhD

A new Kindle book by esteemed research-support lecturer Inger Mewson, one of the biggest up-and-coming names in researcher development.  She blogs as The Thesis Whisperer - a blog that should be on every PhD candidate's recommended reading list.

We don't stock Kindle books in the Whittaker Library, but this book is such a bargain that I'm more than happy to recommend you buy your own.

So - take a look:-

How to Tame Your PhD

You really will be glad you got it!

Whittaker realises he's a Teenager

Noting The Thesis Whisperer's second birthday celebrations (see previous posting) made 'Whittaker' really think.

The Thesis Whisperer is two years old, and what a couple of years we've witnessed!  A roaring success, and so far not a toddler tantrum in sight.

Whittaker Live, on the other hand, has now entered the terrible teens.  We could be moody, sullen, capricious and defiant.  We could.  (Harry Enfield's 'Kevin becomes a Teenager' is scarily close to reality.)  But the original William Gillies Whittaker, former Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, would certainly not have approved.  So, we move forward with dignity, and continue to build upon our modest success to date.  Not, admittedly, the rapid worldwide success of our young friend The Thesis Whisperer, but steady progress all the same.

What has been our most successful posting?  Hard to say, but postings about our own events go down well, as do postings about study skills and useful study-related websites.  Our name-change last September brought significantly increased interest in the website, and we've kept the We are Celebrating page on our sidebar to preserve the memory of all those Scotland-wide concerts and other happenings.

Our aim is to bring useful weblinks and information to performing arts students and professionals. So if you've visited Whittaker Live before, or even if this is your first visit, do tell us what you like - and what you'd like to see more of. 

Birthdays

Australian research support website, The Thesis Whisperer, is two years old today.

There are loads of useful postings about all aspects of doing research, writing it up and submitting it.  Do take a look - it's really helpful!

Thesis Whisperer offers research support

'Whittaker' would like to share with research students and colleagues, the fact that our friend the Thesis Whisperer now has a new, dedicated domain name.  

If you've bookmarked Thesis Whisperer in the past, please update your bookmark to this:-

http://thesiswhisperer.com/

There, that was painless, wasn't it?  Now you won't miss any of TW's valuable support and advice.  'Whittaker' has written blogposts for TW in the past; this reminds him to put pen to paper (digit to desktop) and submit another offering!

How's your social networking?

'Whittaker' has just had lunch with the Thesis Whisperer, aka Inger Mewburn of RMIT University, Melbourne.  Having tweeted and emailed, and provided a few blogposts about the library side of research for Inger's The Thesis Whisperer research support blog, it was fantastic to have the opportunity to meet up in real life.  (I did my bit for Scotland - Inger now knows what haggis tastes like!)

Apart from having the opportunity to discuss research matters, it was great just to have the chance to network.  The remarkable thing, though, is that twenty years ago we wouldn't have even known each other existed. 

Oh, and I've offered to write another blogpost - on crowdsourcing.  When I've posted the book manuscript and written up my IAML(UK and Ireland) paper, I shall get started on that.  Watch this space!

Undergraduate research projects

Australian research-support supremo, The Thesis Whisperer, has today posted a piece about undergraduates doing research projects.  What's a turn-off for the average undergraduate?  What are the challenges?

To find out more about these and other aspects of undergraduate research projects, read Undergraduate Baggage?

New Year's Resolutions - how are you doing?

What can we learn from ancient Scottish traditions about doing a PhD? 

KarenMcA continues the #NYE theme with a posting for The Thesis Whisperer (a research support website).

Scoop It - a new online journal for researchers, by The Thesis Whisperer

Scoop It - online journal for researchers, by The Thesis Whisperer

 

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