LibGuides: Career Resources for PG: Social Media and Blogs

About

Below is a listing of social media sites and blogs across the various industries and subject disciplines. These sites are useful for your networking purpose. A short description is stated to provide some context of what their website represents.

Academic Journals

Academic Journals
Academic Journals is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access journals. Academic Journals currently publishes over 100 open access journals covering art and humanities, engineering, medical science, social sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences and agricultural sciences.
NTU e-Journals
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical that contains research articles on a specific subject area. It serves as the medium for research dissemination, with content ranging from original research, review articles, and book reviews.

Networking Sites

Academia
Academia.edu is an American commercial social networking website for academics. The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact and follow the research in a particular field.
BioCrowd
Meet and network with fellow graduates who are keen in the Biology and Life Sciences field.
EMES International Research Network
EMES is a research network of established university research centres and individual researchers.
Facebook
Join interest groups and get involved professionally. Be mindful of what you put up.
Humanities Commons
Humanities Commons is a networking page where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work.
iHipo
iHipo offer users to find internships, jobs and graduate programs abroad. Tips are also provided for CV writing, interview questions and internship reports.
LawLink
A social networking site for the legal community.
LinkedIn
A social networking site for professionals. If you want to get your name out there, even as a grad student, this is the place to go.
Meetup
Use this social network to find those with simliar research interests and academic interests and then meet them in person.
PhDs.org
Get information about graduate schools and connect with others. Great resources and opportunities to make connections.
PoliticallySocial.com
A social networking site for people who are interested in politics and public administration.
ResearchGate
ResearchGate is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.
Twitter
Great for quick connections.
Youtube
Use it to create a video resume or document some of your work. This is a good choice for grad students looking for exposure.
Zenodo
Zenodo allows researchers to deposit data sets, research software, reports, and any other research related digital artifacts.
Social Scientist
A mentorship community to direct STEM interests.