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Most Valuable Professor teaches at Berry College, students celebrate

The first ever Most Valuable Professor competition by Questia resulted in dozens of nominations and over a thousand votes! The professor who ultimately took home the title of MVP was Spanish professor at Berry College, Julia Corine Barnes, and her … Continue reading

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Winner announced in Questia’s Most Valuable Professor Competition

Drum roll, please! The winner of the first ever Most Valuable Professor Competition by Questia is Julia Corine Barnes from Berry College! Questia’s MVP Competition allowed college students to recognize the professors who have had the biggest impact on their … Continue reading

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Nominate a special professor for MVP — Most Valuable Professor

TheCampusCompanion.com recently featured our Most Valuable Professor competition, calling it a really cool way to give some credit to our nation’s educators. “They are notoriously underpaid and underappreciated, and we thought that this competition would be a phenomenal way to … Continue reading

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Free poems and poetry criticism this National Poetry Month

Questia honors National Poetry Month with free online access to popular poems from the Renaissance to today While students focus on poetry this National Poetry Month, we at Questia are helping them access free poems and poetry criticism. We’ve released … Continue reading

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Honoring the ten most studied female painters this Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, we at  Questia have released a list of our library’s top ten most studied female painters, and made the following reference works on each of them available for free this month! Visit our topic … Continue reading

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African American history: The 10 African American politicians who have been researched most often

Black History Month got us to wondering which African American politicians have been the most influential in African American history. So, we decided to use Questia, our online research tool with a library of more than 77,000 academic books, to … Continue reading

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Questia celebrates Steve Jobs’ birthday with free content on influential inventors

Happy birthday to the late Steve Jobs! As a culture, we often take technology for granted and forget the painstaking years that inventors spend creating the machines we use every day. For example, you have Charles Babbage to thank, among … Continue reading

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Presidents Day: Which ten U.S. presidents are researched most frequently?

We all know that President Barack Obama gets the most attention from the media these days, but we were curious to know which of the past U.S. presidents was referenced most frequently. So, in honor of Presidents Day, we  checked … Continue reading

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Research paper checklist: What professors look for when grading

Research paper grading criteria can vary wildly among university professors.  So how do you figure out if your paper will be up to snuff. No doubt different categories will be more important to different professors, so it’s a good idea … Continue reading

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5,000 books! Read books online free at Questia.com

Questia is the perfect research tool for students, professors, and curious minds everywhere. You probably know that Questia offers subscribers full access to the world’s largest online library of books and journal articles as well as magazine and newspaper articles, … Continue reading

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