e-Research

Using current and emergent technologies to enhance and enrich research 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

     1.1 What is Research?

     1.2 What is e-Research?

     1.3 Planning Research

     1.4 Free Information?

2. Sources of Information

     2.1 Directories

     2.2 Search Engines

     2.3 MetaSearch Engines

     2.4 Information Gateways

     2.5 Ask the Experts

     2.6 Subject Networks

     2.7 Using e-Mail

     2.8 Discussion Lists

     2.9 Electronic Documents

     2.10 Databases & Archives

     2.11 Wikis     

     2.12 The Digital Library

     2.13 Open Access e-Journals

     2.14 Digital Respositories

     2.15 Blogs

     2.16 Podcasts

3. Making sense of IT

     3.1 What is a URL?

     3.2 What is a domain?

     3.3 Refining Searches

     3.4 Evaluating Information

     3.5 Evaluation Checklist

     3.6 Citing Information

4. Research 2.0

     4.1 What is Web 2.0?

     4.2 What are RSS feeds?

     4.3 What is tagging?

     4.4 Funding Opportunities

     4.5 Literature Review

     4.6 Project Management

     4.7 Data Collection

     4.8 Data Analysis

     4.9 Writing Up!

     4.10 Dissemination / Publication

     4.11 Knowledge Transfer

5. Issues and Challenges

     5.1 Ethics

     5.2 Data Collection

     5.3 Data Management

     5.4 Intellectual Property

     5.5 Copyright and Open Access

     5.6 Identity and Privacy

     5.7 Risk Management

6. Glossary

7. Further Reading

8. Exemplars & Case Studies