Category Archives: Discipline/Major

2nd Texas STEM Librarians Conference

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Last Thursday to Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the 2nd annual STEM librarians conference in Denton.  The conference almost doubled in size from last year and UNT did a great job of hosting. Librarians from all around Texas … Continue reading →

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How to Deal with Rejection

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

So after last week, you’ve picked what journal to submit to, and you wait (and wait and wait) to see whether your paper is accepted.  When the day finally comes, your paper hasn’t been accepted.  And if you’re like me, … Continue reading →

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Where to Submit an Article

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Since we seem to be talking about scientific writing this month, the question of where to submit your article arises.  Now the easiest thing to do is to look through the list of references you used and see which journal(s) … Continue reading →

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Scientific Jargon

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Following up on last week‘s post on the book Scientific English by Day and Sakaduski which has some useful lists of “Problem Words and Expressions” and “Words and Expressions to Avoid,” this week I present a list of terms that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Scientific English

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

On occasion I plan to review books on the blog.  Some will be of professional interest; others will be of general science interest.  I doubt if too many of them will be for fun (unless I find a really good … Continue reading →

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Journal Citations and Impact Factor

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Last week, I talked about H-Index which is a metric for measuring the impact an author has in his field.  This week, I will discuss Impact Factor (IF) which is one way to measure the impact a journal has in … Continue reading →

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H-Index

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

As I mentioned last week, I decided that there wasn’t enough interesting about controlled vocabulary to fill up a whole month of posts so I’ve decided to switch topics for this week and next to journal metrics.  The first metric … Continue reading →

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More Controlled Vocabulary

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

As I mentioned last week, my original theme for the month was to go over controlled vocabulary such as the Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) used in Scitation and IEEE Xplore, the Mathematics Subject Classification (MCS) used in MathSciNet, … Continue reading →

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MeSH Descriptors

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Last week talked about chemistry.  Today we talk about medicine.  Specifically, we will discuss Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).  MeSH is an example of controlled vocabulary which we is our topic for this month.  Controlled vocabulary is used in indexes to … Continue reading →

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CAS Registery Numbers

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Have you ever met a chemist?  I find that chemists are some of the most organized, meticulous people I know.  I attribute it to the fact that if they’re not careful they’re apt to blow themselves up in lab (although … Continue reading →

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