Resources

These resources are useful in research of all types - gathering, storing, sorting, selecting, organizing, generating data, hypotheses, concepts.

I urge you to provide other resources that you find visible - I'm thin here.

Name	Comments
Google Alerts	What it Does: Sends EMails about news based on your search criteria Runs on: Web Free Uniqueness: It's one of only a few tools to provide this combination of functions Best Feature: Works as promised Worst Feature: The user can sometimes be deluged with emails. Learning Time: Minutes --- My use: Regular --- Confidence in Evaluation: Good Comment: It's wise to test your search first to be sure you're getting the kinds of things you want. Resource note: To stay abreast of news - probably in related fields rather than primary Review & Comments about Google Alerts in Academic Tools Blog
Efficient Academic	What it Does: Discussion group on working effectively as an academic - mostly software. Runs on: Web Free Uniqueness: It's one of only a few tools to provide this combination of functions Best Feature: Very focused on academic tools Worst Feature: Opinion more than facts Immediately Useful: Yes --- Learning Time: Minutes --- My use: Regular --- Confidence in Evaluation: Good Comment: This is a fairly low traffic RSS, but focused on making academic life more efficient.

 

Update: 2006-11-26