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Concealed carry research
Would you like to know more about concealed carry, given recent Wisconsin legislation? Wisconsin’s Attorney General has posted a “Questions and Answers” document, which provides a link to 2011 Wisconsin Act 35. The Legislative Reference Bureau has issued “Concealed carry,” … Continue reading
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Tagged arrticles, books, concealed carry, government info, legislation, research, web sites, wisconsin
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Welcome to UWW & Andersen Library!
Welcome to UWW and Andersen Library! I hope you’re excited to be here. After four college degrees (at four separate schools) and over 20 years at UWW, I still greet each new academic year with excitement and anticipation. My colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged data, employers, essential learning outcomes, learning, research, scholar, surveys, value of education
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Undergraduate Research Day Apr 12
April 12, 2011 is UWW’s 16th annual Undergraduate Research Day! Visit the UC today to sample the wide array of projects students have been working on with their faculty mentors, and you’ll likely be amazed. Abstracts are available online. You … Continue reading
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Tagged campus events, research, undergraduate research
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Tap the Power quick bibliographies
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau issues “Tap the Power” bibliographies that list sources of information on hot topics. Recent examples are “Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water” (Dec. 2010), “Going Green” (Sept. 2010), “Performance Pay for Teachers” (Apr. 2010), and “Texting While … Continue reading
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Celebrate faculty/staff achievements 11/23-24
The 23rd annual exhibition of scholarly & creative works by UWW faculty & staff will celebrate accomplishments of the past year across a range of disciplines. A sampling of the articles, artwork, books, and presentations produced by the staff and … Continue reading
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Tagged artistic works, arts, creativity, faculty, publications, research, scholarship, staff, UWW
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Peer Reviewed Articles, Anyone?
Are you required to find “peer reviewed” (aka refereed) articles for your paper(s)? What the heck does that mean?! Peer review is a quality control process used by some scholarly journals to ensure that they only publish articles containing excellent … Continue reading
As If You Needed Another Reason…
The New York Times is reporting that changing scenery when studying benefits the student. The article discusses study habits and the current research being done by cognitive psychologists that is challenging age-old notions of the ‘right way to learn.’ Investigators … Continue reading
Another Plagiarism Post
I can’t help it. My friends keep sharing great articles about plagiarism (on Facebook, of all places), and I feel compelled to share them on here. Another article from the New York Times highlights the growing concern of plagiarism on … Continue reading
Education & Dementia
According to ScienceDaily’s article “Why More Education Lowers Dementia Risk,” “studies on dementia have consistently showed that the more time you spend in education, the lower your risk of dementia. For each additional year of education there is an 11% … Continue reading
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Ctrl+X → Ctrl+V
Technology is great, isn’t it? Back in the day (not that long ago), doing research for a paper meant pulling a book off the shelf, photocopying pages from a journal, breaking out a highlighter, all in the name of referencing … Continue reading