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Week of January 12th, 2009

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eLearners Feature: Health Degrees

Health & Medicine, as an academic field, is made up of many disciplines. Just check out all of the degrees below! If you seek a job in a health-related industry or location, such as a doctor's office, hospital, HMO, clinic, pharmacy, health insurance provider, or even a school, these degrees are a great start for your quest to improve health care, treatment, and disease prevention for the public.

These are all of the subjects within the Health & Medicine category on eLearners.com. They take you directly to a list of schools and degrees for the subject you click.

Alternative Medicine Community Health Counseling Health Administration Health Science Health Services Human Services Medical and Dental (General) Medical Billing Medical Informatics Medical Transcription Nursing Pharmacy Physical Health Psychology Public Health Radiology

Or, if you're looking for something else, you can click here to search 2,500+ online degrees from more than 200 schools in just 30 seconds!

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An eLearners Look at: Avoiding Plagiarism

Now that Spring semester has begun for many, we thought it might be a great time to review eLearners article, How to Avoid Plagiarism. Learning to avoid plagiarism will allow you to construct better papers and uphold your academic integrity.

Three of the best, most basic tips for avoiding plagiarism are:

1. Learn what plagiarism actually is.
2. Learn how to properly cite material you used to write your paper.
3. Learn how to paraphrase properly.

Click here to read 7 more tips for avoiding plagiarism!

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This Week in eLearners Community News

This week's highlight from the Online Education Blogs:

• eLearners blogger Cajun is having a harder time getting into West New Mexico University than he anticipated. Cajun is currently at Ashford University earning his MBA in Organizational Leadership. See which school comes out on top when Cajun compares schools.

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A new question from our Distance Learning Discussion Forums:

• Forum user RoboticScholar is looking for a graduate degree in psychology, and asks a lot of great questions, like "How long does it generally take to finish an online program?" Read Steve's reply...

Join our Community today! It's free and fast to sign up!

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Online Student Profile: Julian

This Utah funny-man is also a husband and father of two who's now proud owner of a master's degree in Educational Technology.

Julian insisted that whichever school he chose had a real, physical presence — one with history and roots in its community. He chose Boise State University without having once stepped foot in Idaho, but was very pleased. He describes one particular professor to be "like a dad" to him.

Click here to read more about Boise State University or to see its degree offerings or read the rest of Julian's story!

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