Month: November 2010

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-11-04

  • Just signed up to take 3 sessions between 2 Apple Stores this weekend. #
  • Thinking about re-subscribing to NetFlix and getting an Apple TV. #
  • Tonight will be a late night of work. Time for some very loud music. #
  • I have been working on irb submissions all day. Thankfully, the feedback has been overall positive. #
  • Overheard quote of the day; "Sorry for having an opinion." Alas, I was the only one who thought it were funny. #
  • RT @tbogg: A disconsolate Meg Whitman refuses to concede. Just sits there clicking Buy It Now button over and over and over #ulostdealwithit #
  • Attending an early (for me) webinar, so about to leave for the office. #
  • Struggling staying awake and getting work done tonight. Perhaps will have to call it a night. #

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Use Google Scholar for Full-Text Articles

I just learned that I can enter my university-library specific information into Google Scholar Preferences and have it check to see if the articles that come up in the search results are available in the library. This has fundamentally shifted the way I use Google Scholar, which otherwise only identifies articles without helping you to access them.

The one limitation is that this works only if you have access to a university library, and if so you must be logged into it for remote database access or otherwise have direct access for the full-text accessibility to work. The full-text is based on the library access you already have, so if your institution does not have access to a particular database, you will not magically have access to it here, either. Alas, knowledge has to be kept safely locked away from the public (though I know these companies all have to generate revenue)!

NYU has a nice tutorial on using this that can easily be adapted to any other university database.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-11-03

  • Wonder how many people in #NYC know there are 2 ballot initiatives on the back of the ballot? That was a surprise. #
  • I just voted. #
  • I have a long evening of working on a consulting project ahead of me. #
  • Anybody know where the Proceedings for theTransformative Learning Conference in Bermuda in 2009 are? Google links are broken. #
  • Does anybody know the dates for #AoIR #ir12 in Seattle in 2011? #ir11 #
  • Desperate for coffee. #
  • Enjoyed a great work event last night in our very tasteful newly-renovated executive offices. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2010-11-01

  • So, what is this #PhDchat I just came across from @JaneDavis13 and @ianrobsons? #
  • Enjoying watching the Village Halloween Parade on NY1. Walked in it last year for the first time; it was pouring rain. Much better now. #
  • So many parents with young children walking around. I miss the Village when it was bohemian and edgy. #
  • Wrapped the plants and trees with burlap this morning; not too soon, as it is now snowing outside. #
  • Time to go and bring the summer furniture in for the winter. #
  • Up for another Sunday morning listening to early music. #

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