1. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Introduction to LabTech
How to search & save things on the Internet
-Advanced tips for graduate students-
VIA Next Innovators Tokyo1
(Authorized Affiliate of VIA Programs2
)
November 2019, at our Learning Cafe
1next innovators tokyo@viaprograms.org
2http://viaprograms.org/
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2. Introduction to
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VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
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Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
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LATEX
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Wikipedia
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Outline
1 Introduction
2 Open Access
3 Search & Save
Searching Documents
Databases
Well-Known Academic Publishers
Saving Academic Papers
4 Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
5 Tools to Search
Wikipedia Alternatives
Q& A Sites
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3. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Introduction
What is LabTech ?
Laboratory Tech→Made to help your research.
Search & Save
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Code (C, C++, Python, Julia)
Smarter Browsing on the Internet
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4. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Open Access
Open Access Week is held every October
Here are some things related to open access
arXiv
doaj.org
PubPeer
SpringerOpen
Google Chrome/Firefox extensions
Open Access Button
Unpaywall
Researcher SNS
academia.edu
ResearchGate
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5. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Search & Save
We have many search engines.
Google
Bing
DuckDuckGo3
Baidu (Used in China)
Yandex (Used in Russia)4
But there are better options for academic data.
3https://duckduckgo.com/
4https://yandex.com/
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6. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Databases
Academia.edu, ResearchGate (researcher version LinkedIn)
Academic Search5
arXiv (preprint database)
Google Scholar
SpringerLink (database for Springer publications)
ScienceDirect (database for Elsevier publications)
Core6
, JSTOR, Scopus
NSF
Semantic Scholar
Wiley Online Library
5https://academicsearch.org/
6https://core.ac.uk/
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7. Introduction to
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VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Databases
Sometimes SNS are useful.
Unofficial arXiv bots for each areas
Springer, Elsevier accounts
Tells breaking news in each discipline.
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8. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Well-Known Academic Publishers
Springer group
Elsevier
Academic Press
Addison-Wesley
CRC Press
Dover Publications
Walter de Gruyter
World Scientific
University publishers
Cambridge Univ. Press
Oxford Univ. Press
Princeton Univ. Press
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9. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Saving Academic Papers
There are many ways to save things on the Internet.
Dropbox (Dropbox Paper, Dropbox Spaces)
Google Drive, Google Keep, Google One
Icedrive
MEGA7
Pocket (saving bookmarks)8
Onedrive
4sync
4shared
But there are better options for academic papers.
7https://mega.nz/
8https://getpocket.com/
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10. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Saving Academic Papers
These are tools to save academic papers.
Mendeley
RefWorks
colwiz
EndNote
ReadCube
RefMe
Zotero
How they work
Automatically detect publication data
Suggest new papers to read
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11. Introduction to
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VIA Next
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Introduction
Open Access
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Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Data Backup
Unexpected things happen before deadline !!!
Mistakes found before submission
Computer breaks down
Don’t forget data backup !!!
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12. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
LATEX
There are many ways to save things on the Internet.
Dropbox
Google Drive, Google Keep
Icedrive
MEGA
Onedrive
4sync
4shared
But there are better options for LATEX.
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13. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
LATEX
Online TEX compilers/tools
Cloud LATEX, Overleaf9
CoCalc10, Verbosus/VerbTeX11
Messenger LATEX(Google Chrome extension)
LATEX ⇐⇒ pictures
TeXclip12, CodeCogs (also generates URL)13
Mathpix (convert picture to LATEX)
LATEX From Web (Google Chrome extension)
Moeditor: LATEX version notepad (LATEX+ HTML)
9https://overleaf.com/
10https://cocalc.com/
11https://www.verbosus.com/latex.html
12https://texclip.marutank.net/
13https://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php
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14. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Source Codes
There are many ways to save things on the Internet.
Dropbox
Google Drive, Google Keep
Icedrive
MEGA
Onedrive
4sync
4shared
But there are better options for source codes.
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15. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Source Codes
Here are tools to save source codes.
GitHub
BitBucket (You can also make private repositories)
Gitea14
GitLab
You can also make private repositories
You can import from GitHub, BitBucket, Gitea etc.
Jupyter Notebook (Python, Julia, R are available)
Dropbox Paper
Slack (Snippets are available, many open source clones are known)
MatterMost
Gitter
Zulip
Rocket.Chat
myCompiler (Compiler on your browser)15
14https://gitea.io/en-us/
15https://www.mycompiler.io/
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16. Introduction to
LabTech
VIA Next
Innovators Tokyo
Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
Searching
Documents
Databases
Well-Known
Academic Publishers
Saving Academic
Papers
Data Backup
LATEX
Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Wikipedia Alternatives
Options
nLab (about Science)
Scholarpedia (about science)
Wolfram MathWorld
Encyclopedia of Mathematics
15https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/HomePage
15http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Main Page
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17. Introduction to
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VIA Next
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Introduction
Open Access
Search & Save
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Academic Publishers
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Data Backup
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Source Codes
Tools to Search
Wikipedia
Alternatives
Q& A Sites
Q& A Sites
Q& A Sites
Quora (available in many languages)
Stack Exchange (Includes many areas)
Mathematics (for students)/Math Overflow (high level)
Mathematica
Physics
LATEX, TEX
Ubuntu
Unix & Linux
Computer Science
Computational Science
Emacs
Academia
Stack Overflow→Questions about Programming
Cross Validated
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18. Introduction to
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VIA Next
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Introduction
Open Access
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Documents
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Academic Publishers
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Alternatives
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