Research tools: online tools for maths, computing and technology

For accessing relevant literature

• Scopus – abstract and citation database
• Web of Science
• Citeseer
• Google Scholar
• ACM Portal
• Mendeley
• Citeulike
• Delicious
• RSS feeds from journals
• LibX

For managing relevant literature

• EndNote
• RefWorks
• BibDesk (for Bibtex/Latex users)
• Diigo

For data collection

• Survey Monkey (online survey tool)
• Facebook (for publicising surveys)

For data analysis

• ANVIL (video annotation tool)
• Transana (video and audio annotation tool)
• CAQDAS (for discussing tools for qualitative analysis)
• Humdrum (for music research)
• British National Corpus (for corpus analysis)

For sharing and accessing files

• Dropbox
• Subversion
• Macfusion (for Mac users)

For sharing and presenting ideas

• Prezi

For collaboration

• Meetomatic
• Doodle
• Elluminate

For keeping in touch with the field and with colleagues

• Skype
• Blogs
• Google Docs
• Plurk
• Friendfeed
• Second Life
• Netvibes
• Google Reader

For funding opportunities

• EPSRC website
• ESRC website
• HEA website and associated RSS feed

For job opportunities

• LinkedIn