Verifiedbeginner
Figures that survive a judge at one metre
Practical rules for charts that have to be read across a table, in a noisy hall, in ten seconds.
- figures
- charts
- accessibility
- +1
Data Visualization7 min
Resources
Curated guides, templates, and reading — the things worth knowing before you need them.
10 resources
Verifiedbeginner
PubMed Central and other open archives
Where to find the full text when the journal wants forty dollars for it.
- open-access
- library
Verifiedintermediate
Reading a paper without reading all of it
The three-pass method: how to decide in ten minutes whether a paper is worth an hour.
- reading
- triage
- notes
Literature Reviews7 min
Verifiedbeginner
The IMRaD structure
What belongs in Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion — and the sentences that end up in the wrong one.
- imrad
- structure
- paper
Scientific Writing6 min
Verifiedbeginner
The timeline nobody tells you about
Working backwards from fair day, including the approval gates that stop work before it starts.
- timeline
- planning
- deadlines
Science-Fair Rules7 min
Verifiedbeginner
Zotero
Free, open-source reference manager. Captures papers from the browser, syncs across devices, and generates bibliographies in any style.
- tool
- references
- zotero
Citations5 min
Verifiedbeginner
Citing sources without losing your mind
Why the style matters less than the consistency, and the four fields you must never omit.
- references
- bibliography
- style
Citations5 min
Verifiedbeginner
Poster planning worksheet
Block out your board before you open the design software — content first, layout second.
- template
- planning
- poster
Poster Design4 min
Verifiedintermediate
Structuring a literature review
Why chronological reviews read badly, and what to organise by instead.
- writing
- structure
- argument
Literature Reviews6 min
Verifiedbeginner
Variables: independent, dependent, controlled, confounding
How to identify all four in your own design, with a worked example.
- variables
- confounds
- design