Archive for the ‘research’ tag
Field Research with Children
Inside Higher Ed spoke with anthropologists at a “Mothering (in) the Field” panel discussion at the recent American Anthropological Association annual meeting. The topic: how do they conduct their fieldwork and be mothers at the same time? It’s an interesting article, with lots of great quotes.
So, how do you balance your research commitments with your commitments as a mother or father?
What Tools Do You Use?
Tom’s recent post about online materials got me to think about tools to organize that research.
With the glut of information now available, what do you use to keep it all organized?
I’ll start. First, a disclaimer: I use a Mac, and I think all of the tools I use are Mac-specific. Here are the tools that I use:
- For news and RSS feeds, I use NetNewsWire.
- For research material (quotes, docs, notes, etc.), DEVONthink Pro.
- For larger writing projects, Scrivener.
- To keep track of my library, Books.
- To keep track of people, organizations, to-do items, projects, etc., Daylite.
So, what tools do you use?
Who do you trust? Google and information gathering
How do we find, evaluate, share, and use on-line resources/data? In this morning’s Daily Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education, I came across the post Thinking About Truth, Lies, and the Power of Google. The flow of comments focused upon librarians, the vetting of information, and the current election (what article doesn’t relate to McCain/Palin and now I’m even doing it!).
Out of curiosity, I followed the link to the original post on the ACRLog (i.e., Association of College and Research Libraries: Blogging by and for academic and research librarians): Information is Power - Even When it’s Wrong. Then I took some time to ruminate over the piece, particularly the concern Sometimes aggregators are misleading. … Anyone have thoughts and/or tips on how to find, evaluate, share, and use on-line resources?
By-the-way, the last time I followed the Daily Report to the ACRLog, I read about the rise of the blog among academic and research librarians in What Happened To The Personal Web Site. Next time I visit the ACRLog, I’m going to look to see whether someone wrote about the question of accessing material received from a blog (or how about a Facebook post) versus a personal web site, an organizational web site, or an on-line journal article. Fascinating questions, maybe I should consider a degree in information science.
