Research Guides: Research Methods, Management, &amp; Funding Guide: Research Management Tools

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Citation & Research Management Tools

EndNote Web from the SHSU Library EndNote Web is a web-based citation management program. Access is provided by the Newton Gresham Library.
EndNote Quick Reference Guide This guide provides an overview of features available and how to access them

Zotero "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research."
Zotero Quick-Start Guide An overview of Zotero's features and capabilities, with basic how-to instructions

Mendeley "Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research."
Getting Started with Mendeley Reference Manager This guide helps you start using Mendeley Reference Manager

Choosing reference management software
Includes a helpful table comparing Mendeley and Zotero

Free Research Workflow Plugins

These browser plugins / extensions quickly connect you to PDFs, from both library subscriptions and open access repositories across the web.

Unpaywall Browser Extension When you browse to a paywalled paper, we check to see if there's a free copy in our database. If there is, you'll see a green tab on your screen...just click, and read! We harvest our content from thousands of university and government web servers all over the world. The fulltext articles we find there have been legally uploaded by authors, with permission from publishers.
Open Access Button
EndNote Click (formerly Kopernio)
Comparison of Researcher workflow plugins
Helpful feature comparison chart from EndNote Click

Discover Other Tools

Digital Tools for Researchers
Discover additional tools for project management, lab management, electronic lab notebooks, and much more on the Connected Researcher website, maintained by biomaterials researcher Thomas Crouzier

Sites to Register Protocols

Registering a protocol allows you to provide a citable protocol with your publication. You get credit for the method development and increase the reproducibility and reliability of your study.

GENERAL PROTOCOLS

Protocols.io
Develop, use, modify, share, and publish your methods, all in one place
Protocol Exchange
From Nature Portfolio; open repository for sharing scientific research protocols freely with the scientific community for use and comment
Bio-Protocol
Online peer-reviewed protocol journal curating and hosting protocols across the life sciences

SYSTEMATIC OR SCOPING REVIEW PROTOCOLS

Open Science Framework (OSF)
When your evidence synthesis protocol is not a good fit for the subject-specific registries listed
PROSPERO
Health outcomes only
Systematic review only (no scoping reviews)
Cochrane
Health sciences
Rigorous submission process
Protocols cross-post to PROSPERO
Campbell Collaboration
Social sciences
Protocols & reviews published in Campbell Systematic Reviews journal
SYREAF
Animal and food science protocols
Collaboration for Environmental Evidence
Environmental sciences
Protocols & reviews published in Environmental Evidence journal

Research Methods, Management, & Funding Guide

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Citation & Research Management Tools

Free Research Workflow Plugins

Discover Other Tools

Sites to Register Protocols

Screening Tools for Systematic Reviews