Research @ UTS:Library

Open access content harvester / search engine.

UTSeScholarship explained briefly for researchers.

10 helpful tips for using Quora.

A US-based virtual library of internet resources.

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

a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research.

Scientific research tool. 410 million+ items indexed. Searches journal content, homepages, pre-print, patents & institutional repository/web info.

Very useful blog from a researcher on higher education. Has tips on writing, creativity, etc.

Good Website to research

Some researchers may find some of this useful.

Useful blog on biomedical research & evidence.

Interesting blog post re a growing and disturbing trend - academic spamming in the name of "open access publication". Read before you agree to any approach from InTech

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

Creating a digital identity for PhDs.

Kaggle is a web app for outsourcing statistical and analytics to data scientists who compete to produce solutions to the problems presented by users with their data. It's crowdsourcing for data analysis from computer science to economics to physics. Even NASA is using Kaggle.

Good bibliography on research data curation.

Historical perspective on what just happened to ERA journal rankings.

This prezi is not only really useful but hilarious! Amazing practical step by step advice to writing.

A fantastic resource on academic writing. 

This is a free tool for creating custom video playlists

Abstract The deluge of research data has excited researchers, policy makers, and the general public. Not only might research be reproducible, but new questions can be asked, with great benefit to research, innovation, education, and the citizenry. However, very little data is being shared, despite the best efforts of funding agencies and journals. This article explores the complexities of data, research practices, innovation, incentives, economics, intellectual property, and public policy associated with the data sharing conundrum - "an intricate and difficult problem."