Alan J CAnn is a member of my personal network. An influential educatuional and science blogger here gives some good reasons for blogging which sets out as a good a reason for using blogs in research as any other I've seen.
Because it's based on Netvibes, this resource for Engineering postgrads is bit more dynamic than the library web pages. Don't be put off by the title, most of the resources are applicable to undergraduate research and dissertation projects.
A blog that is used to publish new curated links from the Diigo group of the same name and also provides a place to publish additional content related to the Swansea University College of Engineering modules EG-353 Research Project and SR-311 Research Dissertation.
A group for sharing resources related to the Swansea University College of Engineering's level 3 undergraduate Engineering Research Project (EG-353) and the Sport and Exercise Science Research Dissertation (SR-311). All relevant links welcome. Please tag all items eg-353 or sr-311 (or both)
A group for sharing resources related to the Swansea University College of Engineering's level 3 undergraduate Engineering Research Project (EG-353) and the Sport and Exercise Science Research Dissertation (SR-311). All relevant links welcome. Please tag all items eg-353 or sr-311 (or both).
A new social network from google with a more fine-grained relationships model than twitter or facebook called circles.God sharing features and also useful connectivity features for collaboration such as hangouts. +1 button on web sites makes it easy to share when web browsing and control who you share with.
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.
Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives. Recommended for EG-353 Research Project students by Dr Chris P. Jobling. Make sure that you always have a decent web browser!
You couldn't get a better recommendation for online research tools than the British Library! Published as part of a new BL exhibition "Growing Knowledge the evolution of research."
Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. It's designed to be simple and stylish. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you.