It doesn't take very long to get a concordance of research.
All you need is a greater lightstone.. you can usually buy those in EC for 5 plat each... or if you are near qeynos.. can find lightstones on merchants easy enough.
Here is the turn in near freeport for the concordance of research.
http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Evil_Research
Here is the turn in near qeynos
http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Research_Aid