Have you been to Cafe MOOlano lately?
Cafe MOOlano (http://www-moolano.berkeley.edu/) is the online meeting place for UC Berkeley instructors and students on the Web. At Cafe MOOlano, instructors hold office hours, and classes in foreign languages and writing meet for discussions and group work.
Cafe MOOlano is a rapidly evolving site and hopes to eventually extend its boundaries beyond the campus. Go there, and learn all about MOOs, how to use MOO commands and codes, and which UC Berkeley classes currently use this MOO. MOO, by the way, stands for multi-user domain (MUD) object oriented, a type of continually changing virtual environment.
Looking for some dissertation support? Doc-Talk is a free, moderated e-mail discussion list for graduate students worldwide. Sponsored by the Association for Support of Graduate Students (ASGS), it offers abstracts of articles from Dissertation News and Thesis News. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to doc-talk-request@asgs.org.
The Association for Support of Graduate Students Web site (http://www.asgs.org) offers links to Doc-Talk, Dissertation News, Thesis News, a directory of professional writing consultants, computer template disks for editorial styles, student surveys on major thesis problems, and information about graduate student support.
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) Web site (http://nagps.varesearch.com) can give you the latest information on a number of NAGPS focus issues, such as legislative advocacy, financial aid, graduate student employment, health insurance, student diversity, international student affairs, and income taxes.
Dissertation Explorer (http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/DExplorer/) can guide you through the many dissertation services of University Microfilms International (UMI). Its home page includes, among other things, advice on preparing your dissertation for publication. You may also place an online order for dissertations and theses from UMI. The organization maintains a bibliographic record for over 1.4 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. On the lighter side, UMI offers some "Dissertation Lore"--such as "the dissertation that wouldn't die."
Science's Next Wave (http://www.nextwave.org/) bills itself as an electronic network for the next generation of scientists. Published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this Web site features online forums, information on alternative science careers, a monthly column of nuts-and-bolts career advice, news reports from a network of science correspondents, and links to related Web sites. It also runs general-interest features such as tips on surviving graduate school and on balancing career and family.
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