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For the best in academic information, go to a Ph.D. Blogs written by PhD's have great content and sometimes very frequent content. There are some blogs that are mostly aimed at other PhD's, but some are for the general populous. Enjoy topics of all kinds with expert information. You might even get some freebees.

A post about how Twitter differs from Facebook re networking. This post is from an entrepreneur's perspective, but there are parallels here for researchers and the most agile and adept researchers also use Twitter in much the same way. 

Nice infographic on transparency Vs anonymity online.

A really useful report on how researchers are using social media and what their attitudes are to it.

Unit 1 provides a broad overview of research data management for creative arts researchers. Definitions are offered and a case for effective data management is made. Common threats to research data are then examined, before presentation of an arts data workflow.

PSRenamer is a program with a graphical interface that will easily rename a group of files for you. You can change file extensions, or any part of the file name. You can also assign a series of sequentially numbered file names, or replace certain characters with others. Preview and Undo functions are available. PSRenamer is freeware. There is no registration fee required for use of the software.

This is becoming a useful blog portal for researchers and I think it is one well worth watching if you are even slightly interested in this world. I was put onto it via academia.edu

Short blog post about the research quality of some journals and how Twitter and blog posts are attacking them in the interests of higher quality research.

Not all of those mentioned on this list are that "new". Those I think that would be most useful to researchers: For metrics/statistics - Argyle, TwentyFeet.com & PostRank For content management - Trunk.ly & Storify & for Twitter hashtag tracking - HashTracking

10 helpful tips for using Quora.

Dropbox provides a single folder that allows you to both backup and share files, particularly large files that are a pain to email. It can be used on any computer or smart phone.

Another useful blog post about what is and what is not Open Access publication. There are some shifty people out there so beware.

Postgraduate research students at UTS who have recently completed their degrees are strongly encouraged to add their thesis to the Digital Theses Collection.

Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the tendency to avoid writing. Start typing in the box. As long as you keep typing, you're fine, but once you stop typing, you have a grace period of a certain number of seconds and then there are consequences.

This is a pdf summary of the book also bookmarked in this group. The text says: Researchers who know and make use of these seven secrets get through their doctorate more quickly, and just as importantly are happier, according to the Staff Development and Training Unit, Flinders University, Australia. What do you think?

a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Automatically generate bibliographies Collaborate easily with other researchers online Easily import papers from other research software Find relevant papers based on what you're reading Access your papers from anywhere online Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app

Hi Sophie, I currently use Endnote but am thinking about switching to Mendeley. I've read that Mendeley doesn't interact as easily (i.e import references) with Library Online Catalogues /databases- have you tried it? Also, are there any copyright issues with Mendeley if I want to keep pdf's attached to all my references and share my library with users? Does it have the functionality to share just citations but not the fulltext pdf's?

Hi Sarina 1. I haven't seen any options to export references to mendeley in catalogues or databases. However they get around this by using a web bookmarking tool to bookmark and then import citation information from databases. I haven't tested this function so you may want to try it out with the databases you like to use before you give up Endnote. Here's the link to learn more: http://www.mendeley.com/import/ 2. This is a bit of a copyright minefield. You could only share someone else's copyrighted work if you have written permission from the author, or they use something like a creative commons license which allows sharing. Educational purposes only encompasses sharing a work to UTS students or staff and this sharing must occur through our DRR (http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/staff/learning-and-teaching/digital-resources-register). You can share your own materials as long as you still hold the copyright of your work and haven't signed it over to your publisher. *phew* This is why we love open access at UTS :D We have heaps of info about copyright here: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/students/finding-information/copyright 3.You can add citations without adding a pdf. I hope that helps :D