Research Resources

Eugene TseytlinDepartment of Biomedical Informatics

University of Pittsburgh

Overview

Online Resources Google Scholar PubMed

Reference Manager Software EndNote Zotero

Collaboration Google Cloud Connect

Google Scholar Free to use

Connects to multiple databases

Cited by feature

Journal Impact Factor

Sorted by relevancy and citation count

Full text available for databases that allow it

Searches patents

Searches Legal Documents

http://scholar.google.com

PubMed US Government

sponsored Free Access MEDLINE

database 21.7 million records 12.8 million articles

with full text 3.54 million articles

with full text available for free

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

EndNote De Facto Standard

Reference Management Software

Import Citation from multitude of databases

Integrated with Microsoft Office

Multiple citation styles available

Price: $195

EndNote Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3kSRGxUzOA

Zotero

Integrates with Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome to fetch citation

Downloads and stores full text of articles where available

Integrates with Microsoft Office and Open/LibreOffice

Available on multiple platforms

Import/Export bibliographies made by other reference management software

Cost: $0

Zotero Video/Demo

http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/zotero_tour

Google Cloud Connect

Integrates with Microsoft Office

Synchronize Documents with Google Document (Drive) Cloud Service

Allows real-time simultaneous editing of a single document by a group of users

Free to use

Google Cloud Connect Videos

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudconnect

Conclusion

There are many technologies and resources available for facilitating research

Lots of resources are available free of charge Big push toward Open Access