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A refereed national clearinghouse for case studies for use in teaching science courses, including many in biology, environmental sciences, and chemistry. The use of case studies develops students' skills in group learning, speaking, and critical thinking.
A quick and useful online guide to creating more effective scientific posters.
"Offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. We have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary 'some rights reserved' copyright. We're a nonprofit. All of our tools are free."
Pragmatic, useful advice written in an entertaining style from Colin Purrington. Don't let the easy prose style fool you, there are many great suggestions here. Highly recommended reading.
Citations for U.S. dissertations and masters' theses. Abstracts are included for all entries published since 1980. Full-text for many University of California dissertations isFSee available in pdf format.
Covers: 1861 - present
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An open respository for peer-reviewed posters in biology and medicine. In addition to the value of the data in the posters, its a good place to see a lot of examples to get inspiration if you are creating a poster yourself.
An electronic book with suggestions for how to make a good presentation, including some PowerPoint tips and tips for presenting complicated equations.
PosterPresentations.com provides a selection of useful free PowerPoint templates for creating research posters in various sizes.
A gateway to over 200 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies.
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