Web Discovery Tool: Stumbleupon.com

Stumbleupon.com uses human power to help you get more out of the Web. Members contribute links to the most interesting and worthwhile sites they have discovered. You can also make your own contributions.
Although it isn't scholarly in focus, it is a great place to get the curiosity and brainpower going.
You don't need to join to stumble upon something interesting.

Create Your Own Custom Search Engine

Just discovered this. Take the topic you are most passionate about and make a search engine that filters on the terms and sites you want to search. Here is my search engine for Transpersonal Psychology. Check it out!

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies Online

The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies is now online. Several issues, including the most recent issue, are freely available for download.

The most recent issue includes the following fascinating articles:

Beyond Mind II: Further Steps to a Metatranspersonal Philosophy and PsychologyElías Capriles
Phenomenological Analysis of Experimentally Induced Visual Mental Imagery Associated with Shamanic Journeying to the Lower WorldAdam J. Rock, Ph.D.
An Exploratory Investigation into the Association of Neuroticization, Cognitive Style, and Spirituality to Reported Altered States of Consciousness in Women Experiencing ChildbirthNikolai Gruzdev and Dimitri Spivak
Transpersonal Education: Problems, Prospects and ChallengesPaul F. Cunningham
Gebser's Integral Consciousness and Living in the Real World:Facilitating its Emergence Using A Course In MiraclesCornelius J. HollandDouglas A. MacDonald
Corporate Perspectives On The Vedic Meditative Practice UpasanaP. S. RaoP.N. Murthy
Manifest, Hidden, and Divine: Introduction to Sefirot AikidoJack Susman

Enjoy!

Manage your Blog Readings

If you want to keep up with blogs and news sites, try using a feed reader. One free and easy-to-use Web-based reader is Bloglines.

What is great about it is that it "keeps" your readings until you are ready to view them, then you can decide to keep them longer by checkmarking the item. The items you don't find interesting just disappear after you view them.

Once you create an account, all you need to do is find the Web address of the blog, or news site feeds. You find the feed Web address link, click on it, then copy and paste it into the reader. You can search right from within Bloglines for feeds. Or try going to your favorite blog, journal site, or news site to find a feed address.

On this site, the Site Feed is on the upper right-hand side.

YouTube--Yes, YouTube--for Research

You can find transpersonal video content on YouTube. Try searching on your favorite transpersonal psychology topic or person. I found content on Ken Wilber, Amma, and Ram Dass. I searched for Stan Grof and found a video discussing holotropic breathwork.

Optimizing Online Research--Browsers

We wanted to share a few tips to improve your online research experience.

• Use Internet Explorer (IE) or Firefox browser. These two are the most stable and compatible with library research databases. If you don't have Firefox, it is a free download on the Web at http://www.mozilla.com.
• Take advantage of your Links bar (IE) /Bookmarks Toolbar Folder (Firefox). This gives you quick access to your favorite websites. You can even create folders for your links on the toolbar.

• Be sure you have Adobe Reader on your computer. This free download is the best pdf reader to use. Although Macs have a reader called Preview, we have found that Adobe Reader has better results. Just go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
• Always talk to a librarian for help with your particular situation. We spend all our time finding better ways to do research and we love to share our discoveries.