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Student Technology Toolbox for Doing Research  Tags: bibliographic_management technology research_tools free_tools  

Free, online or Web 2.0 tools and browser plug-ins to help you do research and organize your assignments and research sources.
Last update: Oct 02nd, 2009 URL: http://subjectguides.esc.edu/toolbox  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Disclaimer

The resources provided here were evaluated by library staff during the Fall of 2008. We believe they can be useful to support individual student and group work. This does not, however, represent an endorsement of any product. Feel free to try out any that might be useful to you.

NOTE: SUNY Empire State College does not provide help or support for installing or using any of these tools. Please read all the requirements and installation documentation before installing anything on your computer. Refer to the help/contact info on the vendor sites if you require help.

 
 

Group & Collaborative Tools

  • Colabopad  
      
    Easy to use online whiteboard for collaboration
  • Conference.io  
      
    Instantly create acmedia-rich, chat room to share with your group.
  • DimDim  
      
    Free web conferencing platform for up to 20 people.
  • EtherPad  
      
    Real-time collaborative text editing; no signup req'd.
  • Google Docs  
      
    Create and share docs, spreadsheets and presentations.
  • Scribblar  
      
    Simple, effective, online collaboration using whiteboard, text and audio chat, document sharing and more.
  • Show Document  
      
    Free file sharing & web conferencing. No download req'd & includes doc & browser share, text editor & whiteboard.
  • Team Apart  
      
    web conferencing, whiteboard, collaborative documents, for up to 4 people.
  • Twiddla  
      
    Web-based meeting space/whiteboard.
  • writewith  
      
    Create or upload documents and invite others to work collaboratively with you on it.
 

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