DIGITAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT
ACADEMIC RESEARCH TASKS

READING


Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Locating Peer
Reviewed Articles,
Books
Google Books
Google Scholar
CiteULike
National Academies Reference Finder
Project MUSE
Qiqqa
Scrivener $
MyPeers $
Storing and
Retrieving PDF files
Mendeley
Zotero
Endnote
Qiqqa
Sente $
Annotating PDF files
CrocoDoc
Qiqqa
Papers $$
Skim


WRITING

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Writing and
Managing Large
Structured documents
(manuscripts, dissertations,
etc.)


Scrivener
Mellel
Writing Feedback
and Peer Review
Scholastica


Productivity,
Focus and
Motivation Tools
750 Words
q10
WriteRoom $
Citation Generators
Citation Machine
BibMe





RESEARCH

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Collecting Data
Survey Monkey
DabbleDB


Coding Data



Analyzing Quantitative Data
DataLight
VassarStats
SPSS $$$
Dataplot
MacAnova
SPSS $$$
Dataplot
MacAnova
Analyzing Qualitative Data
DiscoverText
NVivo9 $$
Transana $$
NVivo9 $$
Transana $$
Mining Data
TAPOR (text)


Representing/ Visualizing Data
Chartle
Google Spreadsheets


Transcription

Transana $$
InqScribe: $$
Transana $$
InqScribe $$
Methodology Support








DEVELOPING IDEAS

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Taking Notes
Diigo
Evernote


Brainstorming
MindMeister
Popplet
Bubbl.us

OmniOutliner $
Saving and Sharing Links
Delicious





COLLABORATION

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Synchronous Communication
Open Huddle
Skype:
Google Hangouts


Scheduling
Doodle:


File Sharing
Dropbox
Drop.io

CloudApp
Project Management
Wiggio


Collaborative Authoring
Google Docs
Zoho
WriteWith







SURVIVING GRAD SCHOOL

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
General tips and Survival techniques
Gradhacker
Profhacker


Quick help and commiseration
Twitter: #phdchat


Humor
PhD Comics






NETWORKING/JOB SEARCH

Cloud-Based Tools
PC Tools
Mac Tools
Networking
Academia
LinkedIn
EventSeer


Job Searching