National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources- an Australian Government project aimed at building new infrastructure specifically for the needs of Australian researchers allowing them to connect, share and collaborate.
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.
Trove
Trove is a discovery experience for researchers to find and get over 250,061,012 Australian and online resources including books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and much more.
Research Data Australia
A discovery service for researchers to find data from a variety of research data-sets and research materials.
OpenOffice
Free open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and databases available in many languages and works on all common computers.
WorldCat
A global data depository where researchers can search for a variety of information and data resources from libraries locally and around the world.
Science Stage
Science Stage is a universal online portal for science, advanced teaching, and research where users can stream knowledge and search a wealth of information and data.
Liquid Information
A handy online tool that lets researchers interact with all the words on the web and allow them to search, share, convert, translate and reference their work easily and efficiently.
LiveBinders
LiveBinders is like 3-ring binder for the Web which allows researchers to collect resources into one location, organize them neatly and easily present them.
X Marks
A free online bookmarking tool for researchers to keep track of links and websites and access them on any computer.
Wiggio
A free online collaboration tool that lets researchers communicate, share data and work together through a number of ways like virtual meetings and conference calls.
SugarSync
SugarSync allows researchers to get their own personal cloud and store information and data and let them access it anytime anywhere online from any device.
ticTOCs
An easy to use, free database of journal articles with over 14,508 scholarly journal Table of Contents (TOCs) from 731 publishers.
Nature Network
Nature Network is the professional networking website for scientists around the world. It’s an online meeting place where researchers can gather, share and discuss ideas, and keep in touch.
ResearcherID
ResearcherID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community where users can connect and share.
Scirus
Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine for researchers and scientists to help find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals
