The objective of this session was to develop and share a toolkit of social media resources which would enable librarians at academic institutions to assist researchers in conceptualising, conducting and completing research projects.
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Hack the Research Process: Social Media Tools and Mobile Apps for Research and Publishing
1. Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis
Digital Initiatives, Cataloguing & Metadata Services Librarian
The Alma Jordan Library
The University of theWest Indies
St. Augustine,Trinidad andTobago
E-mail: Cheryl.Peltier-Davis@sta.uwi.edu
Twitter:@cdtrini
Blog: http://cybrariansweb.com
Hack the Research Process: Social MediaTools and
MobileApps For Research and Publishing
Internet Librarian International (London)
October 19, 2016
2. The University of the West Indies
Overview
Research Cycle
Social MediaTools & Mobile Apps
Toolkit for Research and Publishing
3. Established in 1948,TheUWI is the largest and
longest standing higher education provider in the
English-speaking Caribbean…
http://www.uwi.edu/index.asp
17. Manage Data
Dropbox (file storage, syncing, sharing, 2 GB free)
Google Drive (file storage, syncing, sharing, 15 GB free)
Review Primary/Secondary Resources (in-depth
knowledge of topic)
Academia.edu (platform for academics to share
research papers, 43 million members)
ResearchGate (professional network for scientists
to share research and collaborate, 10 million
members)
Open Access Journals (Directory of Open Access
Journals DOAJ)
Diigo/FlipBoard/Pinterest/Evernote (Curation
Tools)
Citation Management
(Mendeley, Zotero)