session 02 - more research within the browser window.md

Working from within the browser

This session discusses ways of doing research from within the browser window

Tools:

• Grammarly;
• FoxType
• Write & Improve
• Markdown rendering; Rikaikun; (similar extensions exist for other languages, e.g. Chinese and Korean);

data accessibility:

• icanhazpdf
• wayback machine extension (chrome only),
• unpaywall,
• canaryhaz, later renamed Kopernio, later renamed EndNote click

finding more literature

• scite
• connectedpapers
• litmaps.com
• elicit.org, an AI-powered search engine that lets you explore research questions and links to papers.
• undermind.io, a tool that helps you find papers that are relevant to your research.
• OpenScholar, yet another tool that helps you find papers that are relevant to your research.
• scinapse
• scispace

Social bookmarking for academics:

• delicious; diigo.com
• the pros and (mostly) cons of researchgate and academia

Encryption and security:

• https everywhere, privacy badger, panopticlick
• have your passwords been exposed in a data breach?

Syncing and back-up services:

• google drive
• dropbox
• spideroak
• owncloud
• backupify
• spanning
• backhub
• magnetic tape is key!

possibilities for cross-platform back-up:

CloudHQ

Mash-up applications: Make the WorldWideWeb work for you

• IFTTT, Zapier, pushbullet, huginn
• now defunct: yahoo pipes