Many students keep asking hence, this initiative, and some sample websites/ URLs.
What is Research?
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/Unit1/1whatIsResearch.php
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Research
What is the research process?
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/Unit1/2ResearchProcess.php
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/Unit1/3sixSteps.php
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/Unit1/4getStarted.php
Unit wise details: Simply Superb:
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/
Research Portal by Wikiversity: Great initiative:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Portal:Research
Nice to read for fundamentals. Excellent.
General Research Skills: Unit wise: All 10 units:
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/GRSunitlist.php
Example Unit 10: Citing Sources:
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/Unit10/unit10.php
Glossary of Research:
http://www.edison.edu/library/researchskills/glossary.php
Educational Research: Domain/ Subject/ Area/ Methods/ Fields/ Sub-categories wise:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Educational_research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_by_field
WIKIPEDIA: Research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
What is research and development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development
Various Research Bodies around the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Research_Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Research_Advisory_Board
Their frame for future development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Framework_Programme
Psychological Research Methods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_research_methods
Styles:
Elements of styles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style
American Psychological Association: APA Style:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Association
Publications Style: APA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style
Microsoft Manual of style for technical publications:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Manual_of_Style_for_Technical_Publications
Oxford: Hart's rules:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%27s_Rules
New York Times Style:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Manual_of_Style_and_Usage
Style Guide or Manual:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_guide
AP Style:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Stylebook
AMA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Manual_of_Style
Referencing and how to use the data base, books, and journals and other resources for your own research?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_style
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
Reference Management Software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Nice initiative by Anglia:
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/files/Harvard_referencing_2012.pdf
Medical Research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Research
Engineering Research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_education_research
Business Research:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Business
Law / Legal Research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_research
Research in the field of Science:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
Scientific Research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_research
How to present your research?
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Presentations
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:Presentations
Sample Presentations:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/en
Superb work by Wikiuniversity.
What are high risk research?
https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk/
Where to publish?
Mostly in peer reviewed international journal, in your own domain/ area of interest.
Where can I start?
Step 0:
Starting with some Seminars, as some basic research, you can move to level further.
Step 1.
National Conference,
Step 2:
International Conference,
Step 3:
National Journal then
Step 4:
International Peered Reviewed Journal in your own domain/ area of interest.
The Best Research Journal Publish at no charge/ free of cost. As they publish the original content and work, that is either delta contribution or totally new idea/s.
5W 1H of Article Publishing: Suggestions from Cambridge University:
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/training/publish.html
What is impact factor?
What is impact factor of a published research paper?
What is impact factor of a publication?
http://www.ijser.org/Impact_factor.aspx?gclid=CNyJuOyK4LYCFVEO6wodzGEA0w
"Is citation important? Can it be managed?" A student....
Which citations are important?
How to format citations?
http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/chicago2.php
Reference Management Software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
...........
Sample University: Harvard Research:
http://www.harvard.edu/research
MIT:
Engineering:
http://engineering.mit.edu/research/
http://engineering.mit.edu/research/labs_centers_programs/deshpandecenter.php
Management:
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/research/index.php
.....
How curiosity, and super curiosity tries to find answer/s to basic natural phenomenon, in scientific research?
Ex. 1: Causes of Lightning?:
http://www.geekosystem.com/dark-lightning/
Ex. 2: Locating Higg's Boson:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120704-god-particle-higgs-boson-new-cern-science/
Using Large Hadron Colider (LHC) for this purpose:
http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/
LHC Dashboard:
http://lhc-new-homepage.web.cern.ch/lhc-new-homepage/DashBoard/index.asp
LHC Operations:
https://espace.cern.ch/be-dep-op-lhc-machine-operation/default.aspx
How to do research in Medical and Pharmaceutical fields?
http://www.hospitaldr.co.uk/guidance/how-to-move-into-medical-research-guidance-for-doctors
What are clinical trials? How to get involved in it? How To be Doctor, student can participate?
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Clinical-trials/Pages/Introduction.aspx
How to get Ph. D.: Suggestions from Cambridge University:
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/training/getaphd.html
How to plan, write and select guide for Ph. D.:
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/training/planresearch.html
How to write Ph. D. Thesis, nicely written by our friend:
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/115827.html
Another sites:
http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/c.clack/phd.html
UNSW, Australia:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html
Writing Ph. D. Thesis cool tips by Purdue University:
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/essay.dissertation.html
University of Toronto, cool tips, To write any dissertation:
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/presentations/thesiswriting.pdf
For College Thesis:
http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&ved=0CEQQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbk.ac.uk%2Fhistory%2Fcurrent-students%2Fresearchresources%2Ffinishingthesis_goodson.ppt&ei=FQR6UYCYOInZqQGngIHQCg&usg=AFQjCNGoAm0JZ2CGImoLV3chyKCzFd6UJA&sig2=E1OV8E3Fm0Qh_qAQfbjQKw&bvm=bv.45645796,d.aGc
How to get Grants for research?
Sample:
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
How to apply for RG?
http://www.scidev.net/en/practical-guides/how-do-i-apply-for-a-research-grant-.html
Where to search for funding?
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/tools_tips/how_to_series/how_to_get_funding
Suggestions from Cambridge University:
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/training/researchgrant.html
Can a social Enterprise get a grant from World Bank?
Yes: http://managementengineering.blogspot.in/2013/05/can-social-enterprise-get-grant-from.html
Some guidelines on Copyrights:
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/
Writing a Book? Guidelines:
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/students/training/bookproposal.html
How to write and submit scientif research?:
Please get a copy if you can for, "'How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper' by Robert Day (ISI Press, Philadelphia, 1979)." I don't have a link.
Submit: http://www.scidev.net/en/practical-guides/how-do-i-submit-a-paper-to-a-scientific-journal-.html
How to get grant when Economy is down?
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2007_07_27/caredit.a0700105
The NIH R01 Guidelines: One of the most comprehensive:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2007_07_27/caredit_a0700106
Some other guidance on: One of the most comprehensive:
http://www.scidev.net/en/practical-guides/
100 places to get grants in USA:
http://oedb.org/library/features/100_places_to_find_funding_your_research
Some other Practical Guides on Research, Publications and Grants:
http://www.scidev.net/en/practical-guides/
Kinds of research LHC does:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lhc-creates-world-s-smallest-liquid-droplets-113052000368_1.html
Thanks to all the websites.
Hope it will help students, everywhere, in research.
coming more.
Dr. Ashish Manohar Urkude,
ashish.urkude@gmail.com
