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Tools & Strategies for Managing Your Research Rebecca K. Miller Heather Moorefield-Lang Faculty Development Institute Virginia Tech March 2012

Tools and Strategies for Managing Your Research

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Presented as part of the Virginia Tech Faculty Development Institute by Rebecca K. Miller and Heather Moorefield-Lang.

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  • 1.Rebecca K. MillerHeather Moorefield-LangFaculty Development Institute Virginia TechMarch 2012

2. Rebecca is the College Librarian for Science,Life Sciences, and EngineeringHeather is the College Librarian for Educationand Applied Social Sciences 3. Citation Management Tools Organization & Task Management Tools Cloud Storage Research & Information Management On-the-Fly Data Gathering Tools Presentation ToolsQ & A 4. EndNote Zotero Mendeley 5. Strengths: Very sophisticated, robust product Available to all faculty and students at VT through a sitelicense No space limit for PDFs and other attachments Supported by VT Libraries, and a strong network ofother users Cite While You Write featureWeaknesses: Steep(ish) learning curve No group/shared library function EndNote Web is a bit clunky Expense (if researcher leaves VT) 6. Image from: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/ENDNOTE/Get_started.htm 7. Strengths: Group library function Free Open source Intuitive/ease of use Cite While You Write Plug-ing Includes stand-alone & web-based components Syncing across devices Active user communityWeaknesses: 100 MB limit for attachments Support (since its not proprietary) 8. In your browserOn the web 9. Strengths: Free Desktop & web-based versions Syncing across devices Cite While You Write plug-in Social networking aspect Has an iPad/iPhone appWeaknesses: 500 MB limit for attachments Support 10. This is the websideMendeleyalso has a desktopversion that willsync with yourweb version andmake sure that youalways have a localcopy of your library. 11. From: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lls/choose_citation_mgr.html 12. Zotero now has a stand-alone version (can be used with Chrome, Safari)The collaborationaspect is HUGE.Consider whether ornot the tool iscapable of creatinggroup or sharedlibraries. 13. Evernote PathBrite Instapaper To-Do List Tools 14. Easy to add in notes,bookmarks, sites,anything you want toremember Create notebooks tocategorize your material Use multiple devices 15. Download anEvernote Webclipper that willbe a part of yourtoolbar. Click onit to save anywebsite.Designatenotebooks. 16. PathBrite: A n e-portfolio option.A cloud basedtool, visuallybased, verysmart, and fun tolook at. Openaccess tool thatcan be linked toother pages. 17. Instapaper gives you a read later bookmarkYou clip webpages, and then read them when youhave the time!Instapaper is available on laptops, desktops,iPhone, iPad, and e-readers 18. Remember the Milk Toodledo TeuxDeux Todo.ly 42Tasks 19. Syncs with Google,Outlook, Twitter, the RMTapp Collaboration/sharinglists and tasks Data can be backedup/exported 20. Integrates with Google, outlook Data can be backed up/exported Has collaboration/share option Has many levels of organization Has a strong user forum 21. Simple, minimalistic Tasks roll over fromday to day Does not integratewith Google Calendaror Outlook, but isaccessible via thewww and its app($2.99) 22. Manage projectsand share withothers.Assign tasks toyourself or toothers and monitorthem.Multipleplatforms fromdesktop tovariousSmartphoneapps. 23. Simple to dolists.Organize byprojectSimple dragand dropfeaturesEasy Edit 24. Dropbox SugarSync AeroFS Box.net 25. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. (2011). 7 things you should knowaboutorganizing files in the cloud. Retrieved fromhttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7073.pdf Pinola, M. (2011). Dropbox v. the alternatives: which one is right for you?Lifehacker. Retrieved from http://lifehacker.com/5818908/dropbox-vs-the-alternatives-which-online-syncing-service-is-right-for-you Summary: Consider how much storage space you will need Consider the security and privacy issues Consider collaboration Consider syncing Consider organization options 26. 2 GB of space freeStore anythingyou need tosave. Access itfrom anywhere.Share in groups/collaborate 27. 5GB for free Sync across devices Folder selections & privacy settings at thefolder level Collaboration and sharing at the folderlevel Includes media streaming 28. Stillin early beta Shares data across your devices(unlimited amount of storage) Gives you an option of whether you want itbacked up in the cloud File sharing at the folder level 29. 5GB storage space free Mobile app access Sharing and collaboration at the folderlevel No password protected sharing at the freelevel Syncing across devices 30. LibX Email search alerts & RSS feeds Addison Summon PubMed Engineering Village Ebsco Google RSS readers Google Scholar 31. Develop here at Virginia Tech Libraries, LibXis a tool used by libraries around the world inorder to help their users gain access to theirresources as efficiently as possible.It lives in your browser, and quickly connectsyou to VT Libraries information resources.http://www.lib.vt.edu/libX/ 32. Read about RSS feeds:http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/rss/ Read about email alerts:http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/publisher/index.html 33. Help page:http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/books/addison.html 34. View the tutorial on RSS in Summon:http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/summon/summon-rss-feeds.html 35. PubMed offers BOTH email alerts and RSS feeds for saved searches.You must create a (free) account with MyNCBI to do this. 36. Schedule your alerts.Determine the format. 37. To save a search and generate an email alert or an RSS feed inEngineering Village, you need to create a (free) account inEngineering Village. 38. Set up your alerts in yoursaved searches area. 39. RSS Feed for a Search 40. Save Searches and alertsMarksearch 41. Sign up for an Ebsco Account Free for VT users Can create alerts Can save searches Very user friendly 42. Simply go to: http://www.google.com/alerts 43. GoogleReader Outlook Other Readers 44. Associatedwith your Google account Is available as a gadget 45. Use your email client to have RSSfeeds delivered directly to yourinbox 46. Web Bloglines My Yahoo! NewsGator Windows FeedDemon Awasu Mac OS X NetNewsWire Mobile devices Viigo Search for more apps! 47. You can use Google Scholar to help find VT Librariesresources and send citations to your referencemanager.You can set your preferences so that it works for you 48. Poll Everywhere Answer Garden 49. Free for up to 40 responders Saves data until you clear it out Does not allow response monitoring with the free version 50. Creates word cloudsfrom answers.Can text or type inanswers.It is completelyfree.Have the option todo multiple choiceas well. 51. Prezi Projeqt SpicyNodes 52. Online presentationtool with a paiddesktop optionZooming, sweepingmovement inpresentation.100 MB free foreducators. Low procost for educators. 53. Projeqt: Slide basedonline tool. Slidescan go side to sideor can be stackedbehind each other.Very graphic, can beconnected to 16different socialmedia tools. 54. Cowbird:VisualStorytelling,great forqualitativenarrativesthrough images.Uses text andimages forstories. 55. Concept Mappresentation toolCompletely freefor individuals 56. Contact us: RebeccaMiller [email protected] http://rebeccakatemiller.com HeatherMoorefield-Lang [email protected] http://actinginthelibrary.com