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Category Archives: Endnote
getting to grips with new literatures
Over time all researchers build a knowledge base about their key interests. A large part of this knowledge is a core set of literatures. They/we do need to keep up to date, but they/we can rely on – and use … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Endnote, literature mapping, literature review, literature reviews, note-taking
Tagged literature work, noting, Pat Thomson
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summer reading – or – not all reading is the same
Academics often look forward to doing their own work in summer – the work they can’t get to during term time. We write bids, papers and books during our <break>. And one of the ways we get ourselves into the … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Endnote, note-taking, reading, reading routine, scan-reading
Tagged note-taking, Pat Thomson, reading, reading routine
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EN and me
I write a lot about co- writing and the particular people I work with. But there’s one co-writing situation I don’t talk much about. And I should own up. I have been in a writing relationship with EN – full … Continue reading
starting the phd? get organised now
Yes, I know nearly everyone says you need to get organised – but that’s because it really is true. Getting yourself well set up for the long haul will save time – and your sense of being in control – … Continue reading
an unhealthy paranoia? on ‘losing’ academic work
You know those films you see where the author loses their manuscript? They only have one laboriously typed copy. They haven’t got to the photo-copier yet. Nooooooo… it blows away in a freak storm … Or, they’ve written in longhand … Continue reading
