Research Resources Eugene Tseytlin Department 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
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 /
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
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 /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
Conclusion There are many technologies and resources available for facilitating research Lots of resources are available free of charge Big push toward Open Access