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Zotero: The best citation tool around, and it’s free

Published by Vivek September 7th, 2009 in Research tools: software & utilities and Software & Utilities. 0 Comments

Zotero is a free-software to manage bibliographies and citations with advanced functions and an easy interface As a doctoral student a lot of my time goes into managing my references. Thankfully there are many tools around to help me manage my references and to speed up the process of inserting citations while I write my [...]

Citations using Word 2007: Bibliographies made easy

Published by Vivek May 17th, 2008 in Research tools: software & utilities and Software & Utilities. 5 Comments

Creating neat bibliographies can be a pain, Word 2007 makes it easy Note: There is an easier way to cite in MS Word and it’s free.  Check out my note on Zotero citation tool. There are hundreds of formats for citations like Chicago, APA, etc.  The only thing in common between them is that each [...]

Refworks goes offline: Exciting new features

Published by Vivek May 4th, 2008 in Research tools: software & utilities. 1 Comment

For an introduction to Refworks click here. If you have used it earlier, read on… A few months ago when Refworks announced that they are going offline, I was excited. I am doing my field work in rural India and had decided not to take full time internet access. I started regretting not having Endnote; [...]

Perfect voice recorder for fieldwork, interviews, conferences

Published by Vivek July 22nd, 2007 in Research tools: software & utilities and Software & Utilities. 0 Comments

Finally found the perfect voice recorder with great clarity, space, battery life and other great features I have tried my hands on four to five voice recorders so far. When I left to India for my fieldwork I was determined to get a good one that matches all my requirements. I will be doing long [...]

Tools & Practices for finding, cleaning & organising references

Published by Vivek March 14th, 2007 in Research tools: software & utilities. 1 Comment

Getting and organising good references is the key to creating good bibliographies for academic papers. This is a time consuming and effort-intensive process. This post discusses some tips and tricks to make this process easier and more productive With the dramatic growth of information technology and the internet in particular, information in the hands of [...]

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