Research 2.0

There is loads of technology to support research…and it can make it a whole lot easier
www.craigblewett.com

Firstly you need to find the previous research…forget libraries…there’s Google Scholar scholar.google.com

Once u’ve found ur article…save to your computer (in an appropriate place)

Now…rather than lose it…let Mendley help you keep track of it, reference it and more…
www.mendeley.com

From the Mendeley site you can download the client (Mac and PC). It has loads of features but is awesome for organising, tagging, writing notes and referencing

The paper I downloaded is automatically brought into Mendeley. Under Settings you can specify the folders to be “watched”

Mendeley automatically tries to figure out the title, authors etc.

If they are wrong simply edit the title…and hit “Search by Title”

Mendeley (most times) will get the correct details and put them automatically in for you

Your paper is now correctly referenced…and ready to be used

Next up is reading the paper and keeping track of the ideas, concepts, quotes, etc.

Mendeley has a facility for highlighting which is great!

You can even add notes to the text

Or you can write general notes about the paper overall. The notes and general notes can all be viewed together

Tags are automatically supplied by Mendeley but you can add your own tags and keywords

Another great feature is the ability to categorize the paper. Create categories and drag the paper into one or more categories. These categories can also be shared so others can see what you have added

Another great feature is the ability to “Favorite” articles.

Now we want to start writing from these articles…

My approach is to summarize the article in Word

I then take each of the concept areas in the summary and create smaller “Topic” documents. These are populated from many articles.

http://dropbox.kli.hk
Here’s a little trick. Using DropBox – which is great for backups and synchronizing your work – I get a shareable link for each Topic Summary
See http://dropbox.kli.hk

The link will allow me – or anyone – if they know the link to see the contents of this topic summary

www.mindmeister.com
Next up is the mindmeister app. It’s a great visual way of organising your research. Simply create a mindmap

And the cool part…for each element of the mind map you can link it to the shareable link of the Topic Summary

So that means that I can easily arrange how concepts are connects – plus I can click and get to the actual Topic Summary on my computer

And there we have it….
See http://dropbox.kli.hk if you want extra bonus storage!

Back to Mendeley – There is another great part to it…it allows you to connect with other researchers!

Your desktop Mendeley works in conjunction with the Web version

By synchronizing the two you can see your library online and offline

BUT…You can also see what others have added or read in lots of categories

You can even subscribe to categories library categories that people create

Mendeley lets you connect with other researchers in your area – simply search for them

You can search by name or by their discipline

Mendeley has millions of articles

Last up…Keep a Journal…There are many spaces you can use - I like penzu.com

It’s a neat, simple environment that easily allows you to capture your research journal

You can easily see all your journal entries…print them…and even ask it to remind you to make an entry!

There are lots of tools – these are just some…use them, they will simplify your research…why do things in the “more complicated” way?

Research 2.0

by Craig Blewett on Nov 19, 2010

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