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Resources for Research Students
» Journals
Pacioli – The journal for student writing
The journal has been designed to showcase the writing skills of students in the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance under University of Tasmania, Australia. Inclusion in the journal is expected to improve contributor's writing skills, and enhance their employment prospects.
International Journal for Researcher Development (IJRD)
As per the website sources, the International Journal for Researcher Development (IJRD) is the first international journal devoted exclusively to the scholarship of researcher development. Its purpose is to further understanding of all aspects of researcher development and related policy and practice across any sector and context, including conceptual issues such as what researcher development is, and (socio-)psychological and socio-cultural issues, such as how it occurs. The journal will be of interest to a wide international constituency, including those who are themselves researchers and those with an interest in or responsibility for developing the research capacity and practice of others.
» Software Tools
OpenCode
As per the information provided on the website, OpenCode 3.6 is a tool for coding qualitative data generated from text information such as interviews, observations or field notes. OpenCode has been developed principally on the Grounded Theory methodology. This can also facilitate classifying and sorting any kind of qualitative text information.
» Web Sites
Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA)
As per the information provided on the website, ERA is a digital repository of original research produced at The University of Edinburgh. The archive contains documents written by academic authors based or affiliated with Edinburgh that have sufficient quality to be collected and preserved by the Library, but which are not controlled by commercial publishers. Holdings include full-text digital doctoral theses, masters dissertations, project reports, briefing papers and out-of-print materials.
DART-Europe E-Theses Portal
DART-Europe E-Theses Portal, an initiative under DART-Europe, aims to provide researchers with a single portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), and they participate in advocacy to influence future European e-theses developments. DART-Europe offers partners a European networking forum on ETD issues, and may provide the opportunity to submit collaborative funding applications to achieve DART-Europe's vision for ETDs.
Repositories of Theses & Dissertations
This resource page maintained by Academic Joy integrates several digital repositories available globally, in order to provide a single window access to dissertations and thesis for the benefit of researchers.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DOAJ aims to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ intends to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.
arXiv.org
arXiv.org is a highly-automated electronic archive and distribution server for research articles. Covered areas include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics. arXiv is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library with guidance from the arXiv Scientific Advisory Board and the arXiv Sustainability Advisory Group, and with the help of numerous subject moderators.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a website devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities. SSRN is owned by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP). Academic papers in PDF can be uploaded directly to SSRN by authors and are then available for worldwide free downloading. Publishers and institutions can upload papers and charge a fee for readers to download them. Users can also subscribe to abstracting email journals covering a broad range of subject matters. These e-journals then periodically distribute emails containing abstracts (with links to the full text where applicable) of papers recently submitted to SSRN in the respective field.
The Thesis Whisperer
The Thesis Whisperer is a blog newspaper dedicated to the topic of doing a thesis and is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn, Director of research training at the Australian National University.
The Three Minute Thesis
The Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.
Various Resources on Research Skills Required for the Future
Research Skills for an Innovative Future | http://www.innovation.gov.au/research/ResearchWorkforceIssues/Pages/default.aspx
Skills and Competencies Needed in the Research Field | http://www.eurocadres.org/IMG/pdf/APEC_EN_Skills_and_competencies_needed.pdf
Joint Skills Statement of Skills Training Requirements | http://www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/1690/Joint-Skills-Statement.html
EUA Council for Doctoral Education | http://www.eua.be/cde/Home.aspx
PhD comics
Comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in academia.
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