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Will the release of Apple's new iCloud service that comes with iTunes 10.5 and iOS 5, Dropbox's USP becomes mainstream to the possible cost of a small startup that I had come to rely on and have been recommending to students and colleagues for years. Here, John Naughton of the Observer describes the Dropbox service and the dangers of being a little fish in a big ocean.

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research tools 10/19/2011

• iGoogle

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, aggregator, rss, reader, briefing3, keeping up to date, igoogle

• PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

  A set of applications that you can carry around with you and run on any PC that you have access to.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, research tools, essenital, download, portableapps.com, portable, apps, portableapps, briefing3

  • - By Chris Jobling
  • • Make every PC feel like your own
    • Use your favorite software everywhere
    • Carry your bookmarks and settings
    • Edit your documents, photos and more

• Remember The Milk: Online to-do list and task management

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, time management, reminders, tasks, todo, gtd

• WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here

  Tags: wordpress, Blogs, blogging, Web2.0, tools, hosting, web.applications, eg-259, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, blog, reflecting on your work, research techniques

• Pageflakes

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, keeping up to date, dashboard, pageflakes, briefing3, portal, aggregator, rss

• WetPaint Wiki

  Tags: documenting your work, wiki, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, wikis, wetpaint

• Google Reader

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, aggregator, rss, reader, briefing3, keeping up to date

• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition

  PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives. Recommended for EG-353 Research Project students by Dr Chris P. Jobling. Make sure that you always have a decent web browser!

  Tags: firefox, eg-353, briefing3, portable, tools, research tools, browser, sr-311, essenital, download, apps, portableapps.com

  • - By Chris Jobling
  • Mozilla Firefox_®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.

• Zotero - The Next-Generation Research Tool

  Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.

  Tags: briefing6, bibliography, bookmark, reference, tools, citation, bibliographic, eg-353, software, firefox, extension, research, for:eg353project, briefing3, research tools, sr-311

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Video: RSS in Plain English - YouTube

  Tags: research tools, sr-311, eg-353, keeping up to date, rss, alerts, briefing3, howto

• Wikis in Plain English - YouTube

  Tags: documenting your work, wiki, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, research tools, research techniques, wikis

• Symbaloo | Access your bookmarks anywhere

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, keeping up to date, dashboard, briefing3, portal, startpage, symbaloo

• Google Scholar

  Tags: research tools, google, google scholar, academic, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, digital library, search engines

• Why blog?

  Alan J CAnn is a member of my personal network. An influential educatuional and science blogger here gives some good reasons for blogging which sets out as a good a reason for using blogs in research as any other I've seen.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, reflecting on your work, blogging, why blog, research tools, research techniques

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Dropbox - Simplify your life

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, backing up, dropbox, storage, Tools

• Zoho Docs

  Tags: documenting your work, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, docs, zoho

• Google Chrome Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

  Tags: eg-353, briefing3, portable, tools, research tools portableapps.com, browser, sr-311, chrome, google, portableapps.com

  • Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. It's designed to be simple and stylish. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you.

• DropboxAddons/DropboxPortable - Dropbox Wiki

  Dropbox on an USB stick

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, backing up, dropbox, portableapps.com

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Netvibes - Dashboard Everything

  Tags: briefing3, research tools, eg-353, sr-311, keeping up to date, dashboard, netvibes

• Welcome to Posterous Spaces

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, Blog, Blogs, blogging, Web2.0, posterous, reflecting on your work

• British Library - Growing Knowledge - The evolution of research - Tools

  You couldn't get a better recommendation for online research tools than the British Library! Published as part of a new BL exhibition "Growing Knowledge the evolution of research."

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, research, tools, online, british.library, briefing3

  • - By Chris Jobling

• iFind Research

  Research tool: finds journal articles, conference papers, etc by searching across comercial research databases.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Subject Gateways

  Tags: research tools, subject gateways, eg-353, sr-311, digital library, university, briefing3

• Google+

  A new social network from google with a more fine-grained relationships model than twitter or facebook called circles.God sharing features and also useful connectivity features for collaboration such as hangouts. +1 button on web sites makes it easy to share when web browsing and control who you share with.

  Tags: research tools, resources, Google+, Google, social, Social Networking, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, collaboration, peer collaboration

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Social Bookmarking | Common Craft

  Tags: briefing3, research techniques, sr-311, eg-353, keeping records, socialbookmarking, commoncraft, social bookmarking

• iFind Discover

  The University catalogue. Access to books, e-books and journals.

  Tags: ifind, discover, ifind discover, sr-311, eg-353, university, library services, digital library, briefing3, library, search, catalogue

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Sign up | Tumblr

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, Blogs, blogging, reflecting on your work, research techniques

• Social Networking | Common Craft

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, social network, reflecting on your work, Social Networking, video

• Mozilla Firefox Web Browser - Free Download

  The open-source browser that, with the help of extensions, can be extended to become a valuable part of your research arsenal.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, browser, research tools, essenital, download

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Blogger: Create your free Blog

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, blog, reflecting on your work, research techniques

• Google Docs - Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more

  Tags: documenting your work, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, google, docs

• Google Calendar

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, time management, calendar

• Swansea University Assignment Calculator

  Tool to help you plan your disseration.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, research tool, planning

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Information Services and Systems

  Tags: briefing3, library, sr-311, research techniques, eg-353

• Swansea University - Library

  Tags: briefing3, library, sr-311, research techniques, eg-353, university, library services

  • Practical information on services offered by Information Services & Systems (ISS)

• Swansea University - Digital Library

  Home page for the Digital Library at Swansea University. Start your research here rather than Google.

  Tags: digital library, briefing3, library, sr-311, eg-353, university, library services, research techniques

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Athens Service

  The Athens service provides students at Swansea University with a single username and password that can be used to gain access to digital resources such as online journals and scholarly online databases.

  Tags: digital library, briefing3, library, sr-311, eg-353, university, library services, research techniques, athens, service

  • - By Chris Jobling

• iFind

  iFind discover is the Swansea Catalogue search tool. iFind research is the University Research tool.

  Tags: ifind, digital library, briefing3, library, sr-311, eg-353, university, library services, research techniques

  • - By Chris Jobling

• iFind research

  Start your research here!

  Tags: briefing3, research, ifind research, sr-311, eg-353, university, library services, digital library, iFind

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Online Journals

  An online journal (or e-journal ) is simply a journal available in a digital format. Some journals are now only available online; others are available in both print and digital format. This page gives advice on how to find and use online journals.

  Tags: briefing3, research, journals, e-journals, online journals, sr-311, eg-353, library services, digital library

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Electronic Books

  Tags: briefing3, research, e-books, ebooks, digital library, library services, eg-353, sr-311, university

  • Staff and students of Swansea University have online access to many full-text electronic books.  Some book titles can be located by searching iFind Discover either by keyword (for books on a subject) or by author or title.   The online book titles to which Swansea University has access are held in various electronic book collections such as JISC HistoricBooks, Dawsonera and the EBSCO eBook collection.  These collections can be searched in their own right. 

• Swansea University - Search Engines

  Finding general information on the Web

  Tags: research, web, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, research tools, digital library, search engines

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Bibliographic Referencing

  Why it's important and how to do it.

  Tags: research techniques, help, guides, sr-311, eg-353, university, study skills, bibliography, bibliographic referencing, briefing3, bibliographic, referencing, study, skills

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Swansea University - Prifysgol Abertawe - Blogs

  Create your own blog

  Tags: research tools, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, blog, reflecting on your work, research techniques

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Welcome to Windows Live

  Tags: documenting your work, eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, docs, office, office live

• Best content in EG-353 Research Project SR-311 Research Dissertation | Diigo - Groups

  A group for sharing resources related to the Swansea University College of Engineering's level 3 undergraduate Engineering Research Project (EG-353) and the Sport and Exercise Science Research Dissertation (SR-311). All relevant links welcome. Please tag all items eg-353 or sr-311 (or both). 

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, research tools, Social Networking, social bookmarking, diigo

  • - By Chris Jobling
  • A group for sharing resources related to the Swansea University College of Engineering's level 3 undergraduate Engineering Research Project (EG-353) and the Sport and Exercise Science Research Dissertation (SR-311). All relevant links welcome. Please tag all items eg-353 or sr-311 (or both)

• Research Tools and Techniques: Welcome

  A blog that is used to publish new curated links from the Diigo group of the same name and also provides a place to publish additional content related to the Swansea University College of Engineering modules EG-353 Research Project and SR-311 Research Dissertation.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, reflecting on your work, blog, blogging, research techniques, research tools

  • - By Chris Jobling

• Library services for engineering postgrads

  Because it's based on Netvibes, this resource for Engineering postgrads is bit more dynamic than the library web pages. Don't be put off by the title, most of the resources are applicable to undergraduate research and dissertation projects.

  Tags: eg-353, sr-311, briefing3, library, people, engineering team, help, research resource

  • - By Chris Jobling

• EG-353/SR-311 Briefing 3 2011 - Research Tools and Techniques - YouTube

  Video recording of the 3rd Briefing made on Thursday, 18th October 2011.

  Tags: EG-353, SR-311, briefing3, research tools, research techniques, screencasts, video, youtube

  • - By Chris Jobling

Posted from Diigo. The rest of EG-353 Research Project SR-311 Research Dissertation group favorite links are here.

Research Tools and Techniques - The Video

Library services for engineering postgrads

The Engineering library team has set up a Pagevibes page as a resource for Engineering Postgraduates. Much of this has application to Undergraduate Dissertion projects also. Library services for engineering postgrads:

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Pearltree to Accompany the Presentation on 18th October

Here is the Perltree of the presentation of Research Tools and Techniques to be given this evening.

Welcome

Welcome to the new "Research Tools and Techniques" blog. I created this as a target for link postings from a Diigo group but I and one or two selected authors may from time-to-time post editorial about Research Techniques and Tools, particularly as it applies to students in Engineering and Sports Science at Swansea University.

The content may have more general interest and your comments are welcome.