Research+Tools

//Post information, tips, and tools for research here.//

In this hands-on, interactive workshop, you will experiment with tips, tricks, and free technology tools that will facilitate your research, improve your personal productivity, and expand your professional opportunities. =Bookmark=

- Save your bookmarks (a.k.a. "favorites") online & then access them from any computer

- Same as Delicious, but on steroids (allows highlighting and archiving of webpages, social interaction, etc.)

=Collaborate=

- Collaborate with colleagues to write conference proposals and prepare PowerPoint presentations

- Hold videoconferences with colleagues from around the world for free

[|Wikispaces] - Use a wiki to remove writer's block--allows you to make continual changes to your text, to move things around, and to keep a constant outline of the various sections of your writing in view via the navigation bar. If you cut a section, but think you might want to use it later? No problem--just make a "parts pile" page, paste the deleted section in, and find it later. Also removes the "Word crashed and I lost everything" phenomenon. Everything you type is captured in the history (as long as you save frequently), and you can always revert to a previous version of the paper if you change your mind midstream. GREAT for collaborative authoring as well.

- Maintain an annotated, sharable research library with searchable, printable notes and reports

=Copyright Safe=

Audio

 * [|CCMixter] - A Creative Commons project that lets you download, remix, and share music (including songs from popular artists)
 * [|Freesound] - Creative Commons //sounds//--i.e., __not__ songs
 * [|Jamendo] - Free, copyright safe music
 * **[|MusOpen]** - Free classical music, searchable by composer, genre, form, instrument, performer, and period
 * [|Podsafe Audio]
 * **[|Playlist.com]** - Allows you to stream copyright safe music from your wiki or website in a pop-out player

Images

 * [|Copyright Friendly Images]
 * [|Flickr Creative Commons] - Search for Flickr photos with [|Creative Commons licenses]
 * [|Public Domain Photos]
 * **[|Realia Project] -** Royalty free images for classroom use from a variety of countries
 * [[image:click2collaborate:StockXchngLogo.gif link="http://sxc.hu/"]]- Find copyright safe photos for free that you can use in student projects as well as published or web-based materials. Look for the terms of use--standard license means you are okay. Sometimes you just need to notify the photographer (using the comments feature)
 * [|Photos for Spanish Teachers] - Copyright safe collection of photos of art, monuments, places, etc.
 * [|Food from Spanish-speaking Countries] - Copyright safe collection of photos of foods typical of various Spanish-speaking countries

=Making Info Come to You=

- Make information come to you. Set up the alert and it searches the web and delivers updates to you

=PDFs=

- Create PDFs for free (download the program, the select print, change the printer to CutePDF, and voila!)

[|FillAnyPDF] -

- "Write" on the PDFs you save. Great for reading and annotating research articles.

=Productivity Tools=

- Free screencasting (requires free download)

- - Free file conversion from one format to another

- Set up meetings, see a grid of people's availability

- Edit photos online for free

- Leave yourself a 60-second message. It transcribes it and sends the text and audio file to your e-mail and to your online account

- Send Tab URLs - Send a list of links from open tabs to yourself or others in an e-mail message with this Firefox extension

- Similar to Photoshop, but free & online

- A great tool for keeping up with the latest developments in your chosen fields

- Upload up to 500MB of video, then bookmark particular segments within it or allow others to comment on it

- Send large files to others using this service

- Free collaborative meeting software (requires download) - Download and convert YouTube videos

=Search=

[|Academic & Scholar Search Engines & Tools] - An annotated bibliography (Hint: Click CTRL + F, then type in linguistics (or whatever your field is), click next to see the next relevant reference)

[|Directory of Open Access Journals]

[|Google Language Tools]

- Search for only scholarly articles

[|Repositories of Primary Sources] - A searchable list of archival materials, manuscripts, photographs, and rare documents, organized by country and discipline

[|250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives] - Organized by state

Omeka.org


 * Related Research**

Bates, Marcia J. (2007, October). [|What is browsing--really? A model drawing from behavioural science research]. //Information Research, 12//(4). Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http:informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper300.html

Spencer, Monica. (2006, March 14). [|Four modes of seeking information and how to design for them]. //Boxes and arrows, January 2010 Issue.// Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/four_modes_of_seeking_information_and_how_to_design_for_them


 * Future Directions**

Knight, Will. (2007, October 25). [|Video search makes phone a 'second pair of eyes.'] //New Scientist// http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12831 Retrieved October 26, 2007, from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12831