Excel Tricks for Researchers
If you use Excel for storing and reporting on your data, you are probably already a capable user. However, there are a few tricks that can make your data shine […]
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Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote: Which is Best?
It’s strange to think about academic work before computers. Our predecessors wrote out their theses and dissertations long-hand, or typed them up on typewriters. They looked up sources in card […]
NVivo – Insights from a Novice User
Are you thinking about using NVivo software to help analyse your research data? I attended a NVivo 11 Core Skills workshop at the end of last year and I thought it […]
Thinking of using LaTeX? Check out this new guide.
If your thesis involves technical or scientific writing in engineering, science, computing, mathematics, linguistics, philosophy, or humanities, you might be interested to learn more about LaTeX. Luckily, the AUT Library […]
Software Review: Scrivener for Academic Writing
Some writers love Scrivener. Some writers hate Scrivener. It’s one of those things, like the taste of licorice or the perceived talent of Nicholas Cage, that is deeply polarising. But […]
Digital Tools for Research
Computers: they’re such a core part of the research process, that it’s hard to believe anyone ever looked things up like this: Most of us have gotten used to the […]
3 Cool and Unexpected Tech-Based Research Tools
Each discipline has its methodological traditions. If you’re in the humanities, you’ll probably work with qualitative methods. If you’re in the sciences, it’s probably quantitative methods for you. But more […]
Manuscript March: Best Writing Resources on the Web
If you can get past the videos of sneezing kittens, the internet is full of fantastic resources for writers. Today’s Manuscript March post is a round-up of some of the […]