RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
Research Tools
Need help with your research? Use these tools to help you find, organize, reference, visualize and share your work. Click below to select a specific tool type and don't forget to vote and comment on your favourite tools.
DataONE
Data Observation Network for Earth- An open, persistent, robust and secure data portal that gives researchers access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data.
Yammer
An enterprise social network that brings together users from around the world to allow for easier group collaboration and team work. Yammer is similar to Confluence.
Google Docs
Online collaboration tool that lets researchers work and communicate with their work groups and allow them to upload, edit and share their work in real-time. Smartphone versions available.
Zoho Projects
An online project collaboration tool for researchers to communicate and work with their group online and track their research progress.
Wordle
Wordle is an online visualization tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
SlideShare
Allows users to upload and share presentations, documents and professional videos. Researchers can upload documents to SlideShare to share ideas, gather opinions and assist them with their research.
ResearchGate
ResearchGate is an online hub for researchers, their expertise and their contacts to communicate and collaborate.
Tableau
A free interactive tool to create interactive visualisations of data. Users can create interactive graphs, dashboards, maps and tables from virtually any data-set and embed them onto a website or blog in minutes.
Mendeley
A free reference manager and academic social network that allows researchers to organize their work, collaborate with others online and discover the latest research.
Google Charts
Online tool that transforms data using a range of visualization tools.
Zotero
A Web-based research tool that allows researchers to collect, organise, cite, and share research sources and data types.
OffiSync
OffiSync supercharges Microsoft Office, enabling users to significantly improve the way they create, collaborate, and share their documents by integrating Microsoft Office with Google Docs and Google Apps.
Flare
Flare is an ActionScript library that allows researchers to create interactive data visualizations like charts and interactive graphics that run in Adobe Flash Player.
Many Eyes
A tool that allows you to upload data, visualize it and share it with others.
