Research tips and tricks from State Library of NSW Teaching and Learning, Technology and Libraries Day 2014

1. Research skills: online tips & tricks
Apps for managing research & the art of searching Google

2. Apps from this session
NAME DESCRIPTION COST AVAILABLE DEVICE
Popplet lite/
Popplet
Mindmap: brainstorm your ideas, connections between topics, add
pictures from camera roll, email as pdf or jpg
Popplet lite
Free;
Popplet $6.49
Apple app store
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch
Good reader
Save webpages, videos, images and other online docs to folders for
reading offline later; save, annotate and email pdf's; save emails from
your inbox for offline reading; create sticky notes and search text
$6.49 Apple app store
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch
Camscanner
HD
Scanner: scans books, whiteboards, notes etc; enhances image
quality and convert to PDF to email or annotate, search PDFs and
merge mutilple docs into one
Free;
iOS Pro
$6.49
Apple app store;
Google Play
iPhone & iPad;
Android
Evernote
Create notes and organise into folders and access later (on or offline);
syncs between browsers and devices; capture photos, record voice
reminders; search across all note formats
Free
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac
Dropbox &
Dropvox
Sync and save: Dropbox can be used for syncing your work between
devices and backing up; Dropvox records audio e.g. interviews and
automatically uploads them to your dropbox account
Dropbox
Free;
Dropvox
$2.49 (iOS)
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac
Awesome
note HD
Create and edit notes, sort in folders, attach pictures and maps,
calendar, to do list; sync to Google Docs and Evernote
$6.49 Apple app store iPad

3. Other useful apps for managing research

4. Other useful apps for managing research
NAME DESCRIPTION COST AVAILABLE DEVICE
Paperport
Notes
Notetaking & PDF annotate: make typed or freehand notes; voice
recognition to capture notes by speaking; annotate notes including
pdfs; search & bookmarking
Free Apple app store
iPad;
PC & Mac
FreeNote
Combine handwriting and typing; note down text, paint, voice, photo,
video; highlight; calendar and to do list; sync to Dropbox
Free Google Play Android
TPA project
app
Show all your appointments, tasks and milestones in one place;
synchronises with your calendar
Free;
full version
$8.99
Apple app store iPad
Historypin
Location based images across time organised on a map view - use
for inspiration, research
Free
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac
Moodboard
Lite
/Moodboard
Ideas: virtual pinboard to organise text, website, images etc: great
planning/ideas tool for visual learners
Moodboard
Lite Free;
Moodboard
$12.99
Apple app store iPhone
Simplemind+
Mind map: brainstorming app, connections between topics/ideas; full
version allows you to share maps for others to add to and edit
Free; f
full version
$7.49 (iOS),
$4.99
(Android)
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac

5. NAME DESCRIPTION COST AVAILABLE DEVICE
Pocket
(Read it Later)
Builds a list of websites, videos, images and articles that you can
view offline later; syncs between devices and computer; save from
browser or various apps
Free
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android; Kobo;
PC & Mac
Genius scan
Document scanner: quickly scan documents on the go and email as
pdf or jpg
Free
Apple app store;
Google play
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android
Pages
Word processing: create and edit documents; edit word docs, add
images, footnotes and endnotes, create charts and tables, export as
word doc, pages doc or PDF.
$12.99 Apple app store
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Mac
eZPDF
Reader
save and read PDFs offline, annotate PDFs, bookmark $4.58 Google play Android
Drafts for iPad
quickly and easily capture text; search text; share via email, Dropbox
or Evernote
$6.99 Apple app store
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch
Notability
take notes, mark up PDF's, record presentations, audio recordings
linked to noted; sync to Dropbox and others
$3.79 Apple app store
iPhone, iPad
& iPod touch
Instapaper
save and store articles; read offline; organise in folders, save as text
only; search articles; browse within app
$3.07
Android;
$4.99 iOS
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac
Cite this for
me
Online bibliography/reference list make in Harvard style
http://www.citethisforme.com/
Free website PC & Mac
Inkflow
Notetaking: take notes with your finger or stylus, then drag your ideas
around to rearrange and order them, sketch; good for brainstorming;
export as pdf or jpg
Free:
full version
$7.99
Apple app store
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch
Simplenote
Notetaking: note taking on the go; also syncs through a web browser;
use tags, pins and share notes
Free (has
ads)
Apple app store;
Google Play; or
website
iPhone, iPad &
iPod touch;
Android;
PC & Mac

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7. google
verb
search for information about (someone or something)
on the Internet using the search engine Google.

8. How does Google search work?

9. Challenge
What is the definition of the word “erinaceous?”

10. Challenge
Who wrote this in The New York Times:
"Playing with a net really does improve the game"?

11. Challenge
In the mid-1800’s literate people in the United States
and elsewhere often carried a notebook with them to
copy down passages of text or quotations that were
particularly valuable or interesting to them. This
notebook had a very particular name.
What was this kind of notebook called?

12. Challenge Bonus (for Math lovers!)
If you came home from a trip with 150 South African
rand, 350 Kuwaiti dinars and 200 Japanese yen, how
much would you have in U.S. dollars?