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Cheryl Ann Peltier-Davis Digital Initiatives, Cataloguing & Metadata Services Librarian The Alma Jordan Library The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago E-mail: [email protected] Twitter:@cdtrini Blog: http://cybrariansweb.com Hack the Research Process: Social Media Tools and Mobile Apps For Research and Publishing Internet Librarian International (London) October 19, 2016

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Cheryl Ann Peltier-DavisDigital Initiatives, Cataloguing & Metadata Services LibrarianThe Alma Jordan LibraryThe University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

E-mail: [email protected]:@cdtriniBlog: http://cybrariansweb.com

Hack the Research Process: Social Media Tools and Mobile Apps For Research and Publishing

Internet Librarian International (London)October 19, 2016

The University of the West Indies Overview

Research Cycle

Social Media Tools & Mobile Apps Toolkit for Research and Publishing

Established in 1948, The UWI is the largest and longest standing higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean…

http://www.uwi.edu/index.asp

https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/ajl

https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/ajl/index.php/caribbean-resources/special-collections

Source: The UWI Campus Libraries

Social Media Tools & Mobile Apps to Support Research Cycle & Publishing

Source: http://socialknow-how.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/toolbox1.png

Google Alerts (

https://www.google.com/alerts

Customize alerts by frequency, source, language, region, no. of alerts received per day, delivery destination and time of notifications.

UWIRD

http://apps.uwi.edu/uwird/?tm=dft

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com

Coursera

https://www.coursera.org

Google Docs

https://www.google.tt/docs/about

Kickstarter

Indiegogo

Fundly

https://www.kickstarter.com

Grow a perfect organic crop with 90% less water, no pesticides, no bugs, no weeds, year round, and 4X faster!

Goal US $2,000 Goal achieved October 2016: 21 pledges received

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)

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net

Evernote (data curation)

https://evernote.com

Mendeley (citation management)

https://www.mendeley.com

ORCID

https://orcid.org/register

http://orcid.org/

Project Gutenberg Self Publishing Press

www.self.gutenberg.org

UWISpace (open access publishing)

http://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/dspace

Facebook (promotion)

www.facebook.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com

WordPress.com (promotion)

www.wordpress.com

Infographics

Easel.ly

Creately

Piktochart

Source: Leverage New Age Media (blog) http://bit.ly/1NX0QZa

Creative Commons License (protect copyright)

License Chooser

https://creativecommons.org

CCL License Chooser

UWISpace (archiving/preservation)

http://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/dspace

Social Media Tools and Mobile Apps – Evaluation & Review

Diigo/Scoop.it/Storify (curation tools)

Doodle (scheduling tool)

Survey Monkey /Polldaddy/Poll Everywhere (real time audience

response mobile apps)

TED - Technology, Entertainment, Design (global conferences/idea

sharing)

Wolfram|Alpha (computational knowledge engine)

Zotero (citation management tool)