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15 Million More References

Cal Newport over at Study Hacks posted a follow up piece to my Beyond Wikipedia article.  Beyond Wikipedia: 15,731,298 References You Can’t Do Without.  This is what I love about the internet - the ongoing conversation, the refining response.  Cal also makes a good point with:
his brings up, however, an important question regarding student study [...]

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Keeping Track of References

Over the weekend, I received this email from Riley:
I’ve found your site very useful. I’ve started using many of the things you’ve advocated (expandable file folder, hipster PDA, Gradefix etc.)
One thing I have a problem with often is remembering what I read–or more specifically I remember what I read (or the general gist of it) [...]

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Beyond Wikipedia: 20 References You Can’t Do Without

This is the first in a five part series across the blog Student Help Forum and Scholastici.us: Student Productivity Week. See Part II tomorrow at Student Help Forum.
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You may not know this, but there are actually a number of great references available to you that aren’t Wikipedia. Now, don’t get me wrong - [...]

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The “Real” Firefox Campus Edition

Cal’s post about his irrational anger towards the new Firefox Campus Edition at StudyHacks got me thinking. We mentioned Campus Edition ourselves briefly (I don’t believe it deserves further attention than that, really.) But I really don’t feel Cal’s anger is really irrational, from a productivity perspective this small little package is just [...]

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