Reference Shelf 1.17.06: Shufflin’ Down, Doin’ it for You

shuffle.jpgIf you’re thrown onto the election beat but don’t know the first thing about them, the National Council on Public Polls has 20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results.
You’ll feel pretty smart about this when you’ve rescued your stuff from the wreckage of your computer. From Lifehacker, how to automatically back up your hard drive.
Working on a paper? Don’t hunt for a citation. Let the Citation Machine do it for you.
Just want to go nuts and binge on a huge page of writing advice from the likes of George Orwell and Strunk & White? Check out this page.
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