Research Blogging

A while back now, I posted about Blog Scholar, a site which acts as a portal to academic blogs. Another resource I have just come across is Research Blogging. This has similar aims to Blog Scholar but the focus here is on bringing together blog posts about peer-reviewed research. The site guidelines mean that blog writers use a “blogging on peer-reviewed research” icon when they are posting thoughts on research rather than a simple mention or link to the work. In addition, a full citation of the work being cited is generated.

You can view the latest Computer Science posts or view the available RSS feeds from the site to subscribe to areas of interest.

Blog Scholar

As the volume of information available on the Internet continues to increase, we need to learn more ways of finding the good stuff. One way of locating useful and more “academic” blogs is to use Blog Scholar which is an academic blogging portal. It invites academics and others working in education to submit their blogs to the directory so that they can be found by those interested in their subject matter. Worth a look is the computing category.

Subscribe to SCIT Blog by email

Just a quick update….if you’re not using RSS feeds and would prefer email alerts to new blog postings, it is now possible to subscribe to SCIT Blog via email. Simply click on the link to the right under subscribe to this blog and enter your email address.

Blogs from the BCS

The British Computer Society should be a familiar organisation to SCIT students and the website is well worth a regular visit. Among the range of useful resources you’ll find on the site are the BCS blogs which I have recently added to the blogroll. There are currently six blogs focusing on different aspects of computing and IT including gaming, data migration, process modelling, digital rights management and the weird and wonderful side of IT. A great way to stay on the ball in the ever-changing world of technology.

Found any other useful computing blogs? Leave a comment or drop me an email with the details.

SCIT blog is launched!

Welcome to SCITblog – the learning resources blog for computing and IT staff and students at the University of Wolverhampton.

This blog aims to keep you informed of learning centre news and of new online resources for computing and maths. Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment or send me an email especially if you’re an experienced blogger with some tips to share!

Blogs are a great way of keeping up to date with what’s happening in your field of interest. If you’re new to blogs, have a look at the BBC’s guide to blogging and to start you off, try the Guardian’s technology blog, which at the moment is buzzing with talk of the Apple iPhone.