Research @ UTS:Library

Good for those using qualitative methods in their research. He is a believer in simple is good when it comes to research design.

Unfortunately I'm not able to link you directly to the article - how you can log in via the Library's catalogue using the link above.

Nice concept for diary research http://www.7daysinmylife.com/wordpress/ #UX #UserResearch

Book about designing and implementing social research studies, especially for those in community organisations.

Mind-mapping tool. Can be used for brainstorming

Graduate Junction is an online community connecting postgraduates who have similar academic interests. Graduate Junction aims to break down the interdisciplinary and institutional barriers that exist in academia and connect people based only on the work that they do and the interests that they have. Graduate Junction was founded in 2008 by two postgraduates at Durham University working alongside their own degree projects because they felt isolated in their own fields. When the first version of the Graduate Junction platform was launched it received support from postgraduates and academics alike. It has continued to grow with the community now containing almost 16,000 members. The community has continued to evolve over time with new functions and features added based upon suggestions from the community itself. All functionality added to the site since its launch has been requested by postgraduates. Despite having no external funding or support these changes have been made possible thanks to the time input of postgraduate volunteers, making Graduate Junction an entirely postgraduate-led initiative.

Mind mapping tool. Simple and easy to use. Has a useful convert to text output too.

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?

This book was highly recommended by several of our panel members during Research Week.

This book is really really helpful in trying to manage your research (not just for those doing a PhD) in a way that you can find your stuff after collecting lots and lots of information over the years.

Research blog post with over 250 comments about a review of a NASA paper making claims about a baterium that substitutes for phosphorus.

cademia.edu is a free social networking website and collaboration tool aimed at academics and researchers from all disciplines. Like Facebook or LinkedIn for academics, but not as annoying or distracting. Very focussed on academia. Launched in September 2008, it became one of the largest social networking sites/portals for academics in 2010.

Labmeeting's mission is to help researchers work more efficiently. It offers researchers a web service to organize, collect, and share scientific papers.

Quora's service allows users to ask questions and give answers. Additionally, users can comment on the questions and answers and "upvote" or "downvote" the answers. An "Answer Summary" can be created to reflect the consensus of the community. This summary is a wiki that can be edited by any registered user.

Mindmapping & visualisation tool for sharing visual ideas.

Free, browser-based easy-to-use tool to help collect, organize/sort, search, cite, and share research sources.

Cloud-based service that facilitates saving, organising & sharing of references. Export to, import from desktop reference managers.

Collaboration platform designed specifically for researchers in the science, technical and medical communities providing online bookmarking & reference management, groups, networking.

This pulls in feeds from others who blog about peer-reviewed research. Makes it easy for your readers - and others from around the world - to find your serious posts about academic research.

Offers both private and public social networks focussed on medical research scientists.