Discovery of Technology: Tools for Research Management & Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Rebecca K. Miller Allison Scripa

University LibrariesVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State

University

Libraries traditionally offer their communities research materials and information

Currently, these materials come in a wide variety of formats, and are distributed through many channels

Virginia Tech and other ACC Libraries offer guidance in navigating, understanding, and organizing this new information landscape

Bibliographic management

Social brainstorming & mind mapping

Updates & alerts

These tools, and consultation with Virginia Tech or other ACC librarians, are FREE for affiliated faculty, staff, and students.

Allows researchers to create databases/libraries of references, with various levels of functionality with formatting and organizing the references

Examples include:◦ EndNote & EndNote Web◦ Zotero◦ Mendeley◦ RefWorks (won’t be discussed)

One of the most powerful citation managers

Available FREE to Virginia Tech students and faculty members. Check your institutional subscription.

Functionalities include:◦ Unlimited number of citations◦ 48 reference types (more available for download)◦ Direct database searching◦ Linking to PDFs, other types of

literature◦ Creating notes and tags (keywords)◦ Filters for importing citations◦ Create “new” styles◦ “Cite while you write” (CWYW)◦ Reformat entire papers in various styles

• Create a library• Search for related literature• Create references• Cite While You Write•Not GREAT for sharing

Many helpful EndNote resources are available◦ Technical Support & Services:

http://www.endnote.com/support/◦ EndNote Online Tutorials:

http://www.endnote.com/training/◦ UNC-HSL Tutorial:

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/ENDNOTE/intro.htm

◦ Cornell University Tutorial: http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/workshops-instruction/tutorials/endnote-tutorial

◦ Through your library: http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/

Provided by ISI Web of Knowledge, so available FREE to ALL students, faculty, and staff at subscribing institutions

Available via the database, OR simply http://www.myendnoteweb.com

Will require login, which you can setup through ISI

Functionalities:◦ Will hold up to 10,000 citations◦ Totally web-based◦ 47 different reference types◦ Can link to PDFs◦ Direct searching of databases◦ Filters available for importing

references

Free, web-based reference management option (currently only for Firefox)

Citation library lives at bottom of your browser at all times, but is also accessible online, through any computer

One-click citation capture from within databases, WorldCat, Amazon, YouTube. Anything captured is fully searchable.

Create full bibliographies in various styles by simply selecting the entries you want added, tag items, and add them to folders or share-able libraries

Like Zotero, Mendeley is a free reference manager.

Must download a Mendeley Desktop, can use Web Importer to sync libraries

Can tag, search, and import citations that you may have in other bibliographic managers

Offers an automatic “Zotero Sync” for updating Mendeley whenever your Zotero is updated

Adapted from:http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html#Compare

Collect and Organize Notes Access Notes from

◦ Desktop◦ Online◦ Smart Phone or PDA◦ (Limited Access on

other phones with Internet)

Collaborate withSharing Functions

Typed Notes Web Clippings Photos & Images

Screen Clipping Voice Notes Handwritten Notes Documents

Tags Notebooks Full-Text Searching

(Even handwriting and images!) Saved Searches

Class Organization & Collaboration Research Maintenance & Annotation Capture Ideas & Inspirations

Free Visualization Tool Map Ideas, Concepts, Resources, Outlines,

etc. Desktop Application, Online Sharing

Outlining Papers & Presentations Organizational Schemes for Brainstorming &

Inspiration Collaborate Online or with Alternative Export

Formats

And, a few more ideas for helping you manage your research…

Just as we saw with ISI, most databases offer:◦ Personal accounts◦ Alert/update services◦ Saving searches◦ Saving specific resources/items discovered◦ Collaboration options (groups, shared libraries)

TOCs from new issues of journals you use New articles related to research topics New books New patents News

From JAMA & Archives: http://pubs.ama-assn.org/misc/rssfeed.dtl#howdoiget

To access RSS feeds, an RSS reader is necessary

RSS feeds can be sent to email, but that can get cluttery

Reader options include:◦ RSS Reader◦ Feed Reader◦ Sharp Reader◦ NewsFire (Mac)◦ Google Reader

Your librarian!

Rebecca K. Miller, millerrk@vt.edu College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering

Allison Scripa, ajscripa@vt.edu College Librarian for Science

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