Project Gutenberg offers free books that are in the public domain (eg, copyright has expired). Some of the Math books are even typewritten using LaTeX. Cool!
Posts Categorized: Researching
Math Software
This post has a good list of available math software.
Public data sets
The Washington Post keeps a list here. There is also the UCI Machine Learning Repository. UPDATE 2012-03-29: Genome data of 1000+ individuals per this post.
Literature
Despite the availability of softwares such as Mendeley, Zotero, and JabRef, I like to store my papers (pdf files) and citation information (bib files) using a directory stucture, enter notes into a text file (org-mode), view notes and bibliographic information using a single file, cite references in LaTeX from a single bib file, and manage… Read more »
Poster presentation
I have to do a poster presentation, and I prefer to do it in LaTeX (as opposed to MS Powerpoint, Adobe InDesign/Pagemaker or Scribus) because I don’t want to worry about formatting and I have existing code from LaTeX Beamer presentations and other tex files. beamerposter is probably the easiest after googling. To get started,… Read more »
Automate downloading books and pdf’s on springerlink.com
Having an electronic version of a book is great. I can skim and search through it very easily. Although I do find hardcopies useful at times, I prefer softcopies 99% of the time due to their accessibility and searchability. Most universities have deals with publishers where students can access the electronic version of a book… Read more »
Creating even NICER, publishable, embeddable plots using tikzDevice in R for use with LaTeX
It’s true. I like to do my work in R and write using LaTeX (well, I prefer to use org-mode for less formal writing and/or if I don’t have to typeset a lot of math). I haven’t done a lot of LaTeX’ing or Sweaving in the last year since 1) I’ve been collaborating with scientists… Read more »
Managing a statistical analysis project – guidelines and best practices
Had to share this link today as I better read all the content it refers to and incorporate a lot of the recommended practices into my work flow. Thanks Tal Galili for compiling all those information.
Mendeley: Last.fm approach to research papers + annotation + notes
Let’s see how this works?
Using Google My Maps: planning my stay in San Francisco
So I have to be in SF for an internship this summer. As with all relocation there is the hassle of finding a place to live. After googling to find a suitable apartment, I realized that Craig’s list is the best place to go. I tried to avoid it at first since I just wanted… Read more »