researchtools

=Tools for Research=

Search and Subscription
[|Google Reader] - popular Online RSS Reader [|Bloglines] - popular Online RSS Reader [|Instapaper] - read things later, when you have time.

[|Google Scholar] [|Google Books] [|Refseek] [|Deepdyve] [|Wikipedia]

[|Google] - the big one! [|Yahoo!] [|Ask] [|MSN Search] [|Dogpile] [|Skreemr] - audio search [|Creative Commons Search] - open access materials [|ChaCha] - human powered search to mobile [|SearchMe] - visual search [|Mahalo] [|Blinx] - video search [|Tafiti] [|Answers] [|Clusty] [|Polycola] [|Kartoo] - visual [|Vivisimo] - visual [|Addict-o-matic] [|Quintura] - visual

Document Preparation/Writing Tools
[|Open Office] - free, full-featured M$ Office alternative [|Google Docs] - online wordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms [|Zoho Notebook] - more fully feature alternative to Google Docs [|Wordpress.com] - great hosted blogging service

Data Collection & Analysis
[|Google Docs Forms] - see [|example] [|Survey Monkey] - survey tool ($) [|Zoomerang] - survey tool ($) [|Delicious] - social bookmarking - [|How to Get Started] [|Diigo] - social bookmarking with annotation - [|How to Get Started] [|Atlas.ti] - qualitative analysis ($$$$) [|NVivo] - qualitative analysis ($$$$) [|SPSS] - quantitative analysis ($$$$$) [|Transana] - analysis for multimedia. [|PSPP] - free/open source alternative to SPSS? [|MountieTab] - open source program for elementary statistics. [|Evernote] - Allows easy capture of information, synched from multiple devices. [|DevonThink] - research management tool, "personal information assistant" ($$) [|Google Visualizations] - API to create statistically-based visualizations. [|Swivel] - another data visualization tool. [|R] - open source statistics project.

Visualization Tools
[|Freemind] - mindmapping software. [|CMAP Tools] - concept mapping software. [|Gliffy] - web-based for flow charts and diagrams. [|Mind Meister] - online mind mapping tool. [|Bubbl.us] - online mind mapping tool. [|MyWebspiration] - concept mapping tool.

Communication & Social Network Tools
[|Skype] - popular text, audio, video communication tool. [|Yugma] - share screens easily. [|Twitter] - microblogging, excellent tool for your personal learning network. [|Facebook] - online social network, good for creating connections. [|LinkedIn] - a more professional social networking service. [|iLeonardo] - a social network specifically for research communities. [|ooVoo] - free and easy video chat. [|mebeam] - free and easy video chat

Bibliographic Management
[|Refworks] - available by subscription to some educational institutions ($$$) [|Endnote] - popular personal reference management software ($$) [|Zotero] - free Firefox plugin, [|demo]. [|Bibme] (fast Bibliography maker) [|Citeulike] - (for managing and discovering scholarly references)

Dissemination & Presentation
[|Scribd] - Youtube for documents. [|Issuu] - self-publish your documents. [|SlideRocket] - great presentation tool. [|Wikispaces] - easy to use wiki tool. [|Slideshare] - a great place to post presentations.

[|Directory of Open Access Journals]