The Research Office @ RAU
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Our Services
 

Research Tools

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Identify research problem

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Literature review

• Find information

• Search engines

• Article visualization

• Organize research materials

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Collect research data

• Online surveys

• Data mining

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Analyze data

• Qualitative analysis

• Statistical analysis

• Text analysis

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Communicate research results

• Write research paper (This)

• Write paper collaboratively

• Publish research results

• Citation management

• APA Standard

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Data vizualization

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Communicate research results >> Write research paper

Mellel: "word processor for Mac OS X designed especially for scholars, creative and technical writers" (Commercial, Mac)

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Open Office: "the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more" (Free, cross-platform)

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Scrivener: integrated writing platform for novelists, scholars, and others who want to manage the writing process seamlessly (Commercial, Mac)

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TextExpander: Insert frequently used text with just a few keystrokes; avoid typing information over and over again. (Commercial, Mac; via Ryan Cordell, ProfHacker)

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WriteRoom: full-screen word processing environment promotes focus on the writing task (Commercial, Mac)