Tag: starting phd
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Starting PhD in a {free} way
Here’s the list of the tools to start a PhD. Not in an old-fashioned way, but in a {free} way. All the tools in the list are crossplatform, avaialble in Linux, Mac, and Win. 1. Office suite: LibreOffice, OpenOffice and their forks, or use LaTEX. 2. Reference manager: Zotero, Mendeley, JabRef. 3. Note-taker: Evernote. 4.…
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Starting a PhD: 5 things 1st
Yesterday was the first day of a journey assisting a PhD student. His research is on hydrogeology for regional planning. My five to do list suggestions for him were: Go social and build your own scientific network: activate your socmed acc (FB/twitter/Google+) and scientific media acc (eg ResearchGate, ResearchID), Start academic blogging: set up your…