Research Tools Workshop from ARC Centre of Cognition and its Disorders Student/ECR Workshop - November, 2015

1. Please visit m.socrative.com
Enter code RSURKCHBL

2. From 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication
innoscholcomm.silk.co

3. We spend a lot of time mastering
our research workflows…
… we each probably
have tips worth sharing

4. Presenting research: Socrative
www.socrative.com
• Poll audiences
• Demonstrate tasks
• Get feedback

5. Discovering research: Google Scholar Alerts
scholar.google.com
• Automated search for any query
• Results emailed whenever new data added to
Google Scholar
• Can also follow citations of
specific researchers
[LINK]

6. Discovering research: Easy database searches
cse.google.com/cse/ [in Chrome]
• Custom Search Engines allow rapid searching of
Google Scholar or Macquarie Multisearch (or
other databases)
• Setting up Google Scholar easy…
• Multisearch a bit trickier
• http://multisearch.mq.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlSearch.do?vid=MQ&institution=MQ&tab=books_more&bulk
Size=20&loc=adaptor,scope:(%22MQ%22),scope:(reserve),scope:(exam),primo_central_multiple_fe&pcAvailabiltyMode=fa
lse&query=any,contains,%s

7. Discovering research: Lazy Scholar
www.lazyscholar.org/
• Available for Chrome, Firefox and Opera
• Easy access to papers off-campus
• Locates un-paywalled PDFs
• Operates passively
• Shows citations and altmetrics
• Finds author emails / Journal info
• Easy sharing
• Alternatives: Google Scholar Plugin, EZProxy

8. Managing references: Zotero
www.zotero.org
• Free, open-source, cross platform reference
manager
• Shared libraries
[LINK]

9. Annotating references: Foxit Reader
www.foxitsoftware.com
• Free, cross platform PDF reader
• Easy markup (highlights, comments)

10. Portable references: Browzine
browzine.com/
• Works on iOS and Android
• Stylish browsing of all the library’s journals
• Links to reference managers

11. … last few not strictly designed for research but
very handy

12. Notetaking: Simplenote
simplenote.com
• Simple, synchronised notes between web and
phone (iOS or Android)
• Almost instantaneous
• Can be shared

13. Avoiding distraction: Stayfocusd
[Chrome store link]
• Set a time limit for distracting websites each
day
• Hard to change your mind

14. Password manager: Lastpass
lastpass.com
• Automatically fills all passwords
• Secure notes
• Can fill forms

15. Enhance the web: ublock
www.ublock.org
• Removes advertising (including video ads)
• Speeds up the web
• Mental hygiene

16. What other great tools
are out there?
Add or share ideas here:
https://goo.gl/IeK26K
These slides available at
http://goo.gl/tnSmfx
vince.polito@mq.edu.au