Comments on: Using the Electron Mircoprobe http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2009/03/26/using-the-electron-mircoprobe/ Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym living in interesting times Tue, 22 May 2012 23:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sarah http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2009/03/26/using-the-electron-mircoprobe/comment-page-1/#comment-90050 sarah Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:11:34 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=1181#comment-90050 <p>The trouble is I'm not physically near the libaries and it costs me alot in both time and money to go in - I'm going in like once a month at the moment which renders that path almost useless to me.</p> <p>I currently have books I have borrowed from others as my registration is still screwed up so don't actually have libary access - had to resort to using Imperials libary on Alumi stuff as can't even get day access to UCL and Birkbeck.</p> <p>I've been looking into the whole peer review system and there are wholes in it - I like peer review and think that that is lacking some what on the internet which was the problem I've been looking at.</p> <p>Well done on the paper!</p> <p>erm.... which geologist are you? I can't work it out from your email (unless you want to remain annymous that is!)</p> The trouble is I'm not physically near the libaries and it costs me alot in both time and money to go in - I'm going in like once a month at the moment which renders that path almost useless to me.

I currently have books I have borrowed from others as my registration is still screwed up so don't actually have libary access - had to resort to using Imperials libary on Alumi stuff as can't even get day access to UCL and Birkbeck.

I've been looking into the whole peer review system and there are wholes in it - I like peer review and think that that is lacking some what on the internet which was the problem I've been looking at.

Well done on the paper!

erm.... which geologist are you? I can't work it out from your email (unless you want to remain annymous that is!)

]]> By: GeologistFriend http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2009/03/26/using-the-electron-mircoprobe/comment-page-1/#comment-89911 GeologistFriend Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:14:29 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/?p=1181#comment-89911 <p>Sarah, if you need certain phase diagrams your best bet is to borrow the books from the library and photocopy the bits you need. It's a common practice and you did it during your undergrad degree, I'm sure. Or you could borrow them from people at the university/museum etc. I, personally, wouldn't put any graphs I made online, it gives rise to the possibility that you may not be properly acknowledged if anyone uses them.</p> <p>As for online journals, some do exist that are purely online. The ones I've come across aren't necessarily hugely quicker in terms of turnaround time. I've just had a paper accepted in Palaeo3 and it took 2.5 months to get reviewers comments in and they gave us 3 months to address them. That's just the peer reveiw system and it relies on the goodwill of your peers to review your work. This takes time. The reviewing is done online anyway (you download the paper and often review by tracking changes). I hope this helps.</p> Sarah, if you need certain phase diagrams your best bet is to borrow the books from the library and photocopy the bits you need. It's a common practice and you did it during your undergrad degree, I'm sure. Or you could borrow them from people at the university/museum etc. I, personally, wouldn't put any graphs I made online, it gives rise to the possibility that you may not be properly acknowledged if anyone uses them.

As for online journals, some do exist that are purely online. The ones I've come across aren't necessarily hugely quicker in terms of turnaround time. I've just had a paper accepted in Palaeo3 and it took 2.5 months to get reviewers comments in and they gave us 3 months to address them. That's just the peer reveiw system and it relies on the goodwill of your peers to review your work. This takes time. The reviewing is done online anyway (you download the paper and often review by tracking changes). I hope this helps.

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