Research tools and software - dr.c.thanavathi

1. RESEARCH TOOLS AND
SOFTWARE
DR. C.THANAVATHI,
M.A., M.PHIL., M.ED., M.PHIL., SET, PGDHE, DGT,
DCA, PH.D.,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
V.O.C.COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,
THOOTHUKUDI.
9629256771

2. OUTLINE
Popular Writing Tools and Software for Authors
and Researchers
Top Referencing Tools and Reference
Management Software for Academic Writing
Top Research Tools and Software for Academics
and Research Students
Top English Grammar Checkers and Sentence
Correction Tools

3. POPULAR WRITING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR
AUTHORS AND RESEARCHERS
Ø Whether you are writing an article, research paper, essay, blog, and
dissertation or PhD thesis, it is important to choose an appropriate writing
software tool for your work.
Ø The choice of writing software comes down to your personal taste. Everyday
users are happy to shed a few dollars to purchase a well-known writing tool
such as MS Word.
Ø Tech savvies welcome open source projects such as OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
Whereas, research community is much more adventurous and have embraced
the type-setting system, Latex as their writing medium. Blog writers and
journalists use online writing tools such as GoogleDocs and DropBox Paper as
they find these tools perfect for collaborating with others.
Ø Novel writers use more fancy writing tools such as Scrivener to organize their
ideas and create a storyboard to help them write. In this, we review some of
the common writing tools and software used by writers.

4. POPULAR WRITING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE
FOR AUTHORS AND RESEARCHERS
1. Microsoft Word 2. Latex 3. Open Office
4. Libre Office 5. Scrivener 6. Google Docs 7. DropBox
Paper

5. TOP REFERENCING TOOLS AND REFERENCE
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR ACADEMIC WRITING
v Referencing tools are handy to organize and format references so that
you can easily incorporate them in your essays, research papers,
dissertations and PhD thesis.
v There are many terms used for such tools such as referencing software,
referencing tool, reference management software, citation software,
citation app, paper software, citation manager, research paper
management tool, bibliography software, literature review software,
literature management software and research paper organizer.
v These all refer to a piece of software or an online tool that allows you to
store and format references.
v It is very important that you choose a right tool for your research and
stick to it.
v We have reviewed some of the popular referencing tools used in the
scientific community below from an academic writing perspective.

6. 1. Zotero 2. Mendeley 3. EndNote
4. RefWorks 5. Citavi 6. PaperPile
7. JabRef 8. Papers 9. Docear
TOP REFERENCING TOOLS AND REFERENCE
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR ACADEMIC WRITING

7. TOP RESEARCH TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR
ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH STUDENTS
Ø If you are conducting research, it is very important that you have
appropriate methods and tools to carry out your research.
Ø If you are a non-native English speaker, then you need a research tool
to help you with your written language.
Ø If your research involves data analysis, then you need a good statistical
research tool for your work.
Ø It is also important that you keep tabs on what other people in your
research arena are doing, so you need research tools such as Google
Scholar and Research Gate to collaborate with your peers.
Ø You also need a good plagiarism checking software to avoid academic
misconduct.
Ø Finally, you need a research project management software to stay on
top of the deadlines.

8. 1. REF-N-WRITE Academic
Writing Tool
2. Free Online Statistical
Testing Tools
3. Microsoft Excel
4. Google Scholar 5. ResearchGate
6. Plagiarism detection software tools
Turnitin; Scribbr ; Viper ;
PaperRater ; WriteCheck;
Plagiarism Detector ;
PlagiarismSoftware ; DupliChecker ;
Plagium ; PlagTracker
TOP RESEARCH TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR
ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH STUDENTS

9. 7. Project management tools Project management tools
•Microsoft Project
• Microsoft OneNote
• ToDoist
• Asana
• Atlassian
• Trello
TOP RESEARCH TOOLS AND SOFTWARE FOR
ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH STUDENTS

10. TOP ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHECKERS AND
SENTENCE CORRECTION TOOLS
q When you are writing your paper or essay, it is very important to ensure
that your document does not contain typos, grammatical errors and bad
sentence structure.
q Your work will be badly judged if English is bad despite good content.
q For non-native English speakers, it presents a particular challenge
because of the difficulties in mastering the English, vocabulary, grammar,
and usage.
q A brief review of grammar checking software, grammar correction apps,
online grammar checking sites, punctuation checker, sentence structure
and construction checkers.

11. 1. Microsoft Word 2. Grammarly
3. ProWritingAid 4. CorrectEnglish
TOP ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHECKERS AND
SENTENCE CORRECTION TOOLS

12. 5. StyleWriter 6. WhiteSmoke
7. Ginger Software 8. Online grammar
checking sites
NounPlus.com
PolishMyWriting.com
SpellCheckPlus.com
OnlineCorrection.com
TOP ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHECKERS AND
SENTENCE CORRECTION TOOLS

13. RESEARCH TOOLS AND
SOFTWARE
DR. C.THANAVATHI,
M.A., M.PHIL., M.ED., M.PHIL., SET, PGDHE, DGT,
DCA, PH.D.,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
V.O.C.COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,
THOOTHUKUDI.
9629256771