This is the first post and I think if you like technology then I suggest you get the following software/ tools to help you out in the coming years as a researcher. I will expand on them in separate posts sometime later but let’s start with:
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Google Desktop or any other desktop organising software – just helps you find things on your computer just in case you’ve misplaced them!
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Adobe Acrobat Standard/ Professional or any other pdf annotator software – helps in highlighting and making notes on all those pdf journals you might download
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Blogging area such as with wordpress, blogger, typepad etc – great place for keeping your research journal. I did a comparison of three types recently on my blog: Blogger/ Livejournal/ Wordpress – you can have a look and see which might be best suited for you.
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Thanks Aneesa for the tips. It’s taking me a while to get good at using Endnote. Hopefully I’ll be using it more when I actually get to focus on my dissertation. It’s one more MRes essay to go.
By the way, you mentioned before that you have had a lot of success in using Outlook to plan and organise your time. Any tips?