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Library & information science

Books Are for Use: The Five Laws of Library Science

The Five Laws of Library Science are five short principles, published by the Indian mathematician and librarian S. R. Ranganathan in 1931, that sum up whom and what a library exist

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Education

The Need for Special Education and the Role of Educators

Special education is an educational program designed for students who have special educational needs related to their individual learning abilities, physical abilities, sensory abi

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Business administration

The More of Us, the Less Each Tries: The Ringelmann Effect

Why does each person pull less hard when more people join in? This article covers Ringelmann's rope experiments, the two causes of lost performance, everyday and workplace examples

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Design

Familiarity Drawn to Look Real: Skeuomorphism

Skeuomorphism is a design approach that keeps the look of old objects on new products so they feel familiar. This piece covers the word’s Greek roots and archaeological origins, ev

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General knowledge

Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong: Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law is the rule of thumb that anything that can go wrong eventually will. This piece covers its origins in the U.S. Air Force's MX981 rocket sled tests and Edward Murphy's

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Statistics

Understanding Deduction and Induction Simply and Easily

Deduction and induction are key concepts in research, but they can feel unfamiliar and confusing at first. This article explains each method in the simplest possible terms with eas