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6.1.2 Web search and evaluation 
There is a vast amount of information on the Internet. What is the best way 
to go about finding what you want and making sure it is good quality 
information? The best place to find the answer to these questions is on the 
web. Here are a few sites to get you started. 
 
6.1.3 Searching the WWW 
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/index.html
  
• 
http:// 
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
  
6.1.4 Evaluating 
Evaluating Internet Research Sources 
Robert Harris, Southern California College, Version Date: November 17, 
1997  
6.1.5 General web resources relating to research proposals, 
funding and grants 
(1) The art of grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer:
 
http://www.hfsp.org/how_to_apply/Art_of_Grantsmanship/Art%20of%20grantsma
nship.htm
 
 (2) Guide for writing a funding proposal by S. Joseph Levine:
 
http://www.canr.msu.edu/aee/dissthes/proposal.htm
 
 (3) Beginners Guide to the Research Proposal: from the University of Calgary
 
http://www.health.ucalgary.ca/bob/res_prop.htm
  
 (4) Persuasive Proposal Writing:
 
http://www.biu.ac.il/RA/www/rserch/writing/write1.html
  
 (5) Fundamentals of grantsmanship by Janet Rasey:
 
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsc/rfs/fundamentals.html
  
 (6) Proposal Writer's Guide: from the University of Michigan
 
http://www.research.umich.edu/research/proposals/proposal_dev/pwg/PWGCON
TENTS.HTML
  
 (7) How to write a losing proposal by Alexander Scheeline:
 
http://www.cisab.indiana.edu/ABS/Grant/howtogrants.html
  

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 (8) Proposal Writing: Internet Resources: A link to other sites related to writing 
grant applications from the University of Wisconsin:
 
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grants/proposal.htm
  
 (9) Another link to other sites related to writing grant applications:
 
http://www.canr.msu.edu/aee/dissthes/links.htm
 
6.1.6 Presentation skills 
Following is a list of some useful web sites on this topic. As you read these you 
will notice quite a bit of overlap, supporting the notion that this should be a very 
straight forward process. Try to think of reasons why so many people make so 
many mistakes in this regard.  
GIS Project guide for students that has useful tips including presentation.
 
How to give a good talk: Scott Keogh, ANU
 
http://online.anu.edu.au/BoZo/Scott/Talks.html
  
Effective presentations: University of Kansas Medical Center
 
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
  
How to prepare a poster presentation: Northern Arizona University
 
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~mezza/nur390/Mod5/poster/lesson.html
  
How to make a great poster: Dept. of Botany, University of Washington
 
http://www.aspp.org/education/poster.htm
  
Introduction to poster presentations 
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster_Presentations/PstrStart.html 
Several links under the heading: Tips for presenting talks and posters: 
Ecological Society of America, Physiological Ecology Section
 
http://www.botany.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/awards.htm