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Earth science

Causes of Flooding and Ways to Prevent It

Floods are natural disasters that threaten countless lives and properties around the world every year. Climate change and rapid urbanization are increasing the frequency and intens

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Statistics

An Easy Guide to Understanding Reliability and Validity

Reliability and validity always come up when studying surveys in statistics, marketing, or opinion polling. This guide uses two illustrated examples, shooting and makeup, to make t

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Economics

The Core of Microeconomics: The Game of Supply and Demand

Microeconomics is a branch of economics that analyzes the economic decisions of individuals and businesses, focusing on exploring the fundamental elements of economic activity and

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Psychology

A Balance the Mind Creates on Its Own: Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when contradictory beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors exist at the same time, together with the automatic process of

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Library & information science

The Family Tree of Research Papers: Citation Indexes

How do you find the studies that have cited a paper you are reading? This article explains how Eugene Garfield's citation index came about and what it is, how to search backward an

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Chemistry

Water That Doesn't Freeze When It Should: Supercooling

Why does water sometimes stay liquid below freezing? This article explains what supercooling is and how it works, everyday examples such as clouds, freezing rain, and hand warmers,

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Library & information science

Thesaurus — A Dictionary Showing Relationships Between Terms

This time, I would like to put together some material on thesauruses, dictionaries that show the various relationships among keywords when searching for the information you want. A