Social Media: A guide for researchers Links and resources Blogging and Microblogging tools

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Blogger - www.blogger.com
LiveJournal - www.livejournal.com
Google buzz - www.google.com/buzz
Plurk - www.plurk.com
Posterous - www.posterous.com
Tumblr - www.tumblr.com
Twitter - www.twitter.com
Typepad - www.typepad.com
Wordpress - www.wordpress.org
Yammer - www.yammer.com
Social networking services
Academia.edu - www.academia.edu
Facebook - www.facebook.com
Friendfeed - http://friendfeed.com
Graduate Junction - www.graduatejunction.net
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com
MethodSpace - www.methodspace.com
MySpace - www.myspace.com
Nature Network - http://network.nature.com
ResearchGate - www.researchgate.net
Audio and Video tools
Flickr - www.flickr.com
Justin tv - www.justin.tv
Livestream - www.livestream.com
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com
SmugMug - www.smugmug.com
Ustream - www.ustream.tv
Viddler - www.viddler.com
Vimeo - http://vimeo.com
YouTube - www.youtube.com
Location based tools
Foursquare - http://foursquare.com
Gowalla - http://gowalla.com
Facebook Places - www.facebook.com/places
Social bookmarking, news
and social citation tools
BibSonomy - www.bibsonomy.org
CiteULike - www.citeulike.com
delicious - www.delicious.com
Digg - http://digg.com/news
diigo - www.diigo.com
Mendeley - www.mendeley.com
Newsvine - www.newsvine.com
Reddit - www.reddit.com
Zotero - www.zotero.org
Examples of academic and research blogs
Academic blog portal - http://www.academicblogs.org
Adventures in Career Development - http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com
alunsalt.com - http://alunsalt.com
Finds and Features - http://findsandfeatures.wordpress.com
Fresh and Crispy - http://blog.cpjobling.org
Love of History - http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com
MicrobiologyBytes - http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog
My exciting PhD journey! - http://elenaphd.wordpress.com
PhD Blog (dot) Net - http://phdblog.net
Research blogging - http://www.researchblogging.org
Science in the Open - http://cameronneylon.net
Science of the Invisible - http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com
Stanford blog directory - http://blog.stanford.edu
Starting out in Science - http://begsci.wordpress.com
Information
management tools
Google Reader - www.google.com/reader
iGoogle - www.google.com/ig
Netvibes - www.netvibes.com
Pageflakes - www.pageflakes.com
Research and writing
collaboration tools
Dropbox - www.dropbox.com
Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
PBworks - http://pbworks.com
Wetpaint - www.wetpaint.com
Wikia - www.wikia.com
Wikispaces - www.wikispaces.com
Zoho Office Suite - www.zoho.com
Project management, meeting and
collaboration tools
Adobe Connect - www.adobe.com
Bamboo - www.bamboosolutions.com
Basecamp - http://basecamphq.com
BigBlueButton - http://bigbluebutton.org
Citrix GotoMeeting - www.gotomeeting.com
DimDim - www.dimdim.com
Elluminate - www.elluminate.com
Huddle - www.huddle.com
Skype - www.skype.com
Virtual worlds
Second Life - http://secondlife.com
OpenSim - http://opensimulator.org
World of Warcraft - http://eu.battle.net/wow
Presentation sharing tools
Scribd - www.scribd.com
SlideShare - www.slideshare.net
Sliderocket - www.sliderocket.com
The full Social media: A guide for researchers is available at:
www.rin.ac.uk/social-media-guide

Books & Journals

Instead of heading to the library to bury your face in the stacks, use these search engines to find out which libraries have the books you need, and maybe even find them available online.

WorldCat:Find items from 10,000 libraries worldwide, with books, DVDs, CDs, and articles up for grabs. You can even find your closest library with WorldCat’s tools.

Google Books:Supercharge your research by searching this index of the world’s books. You’ll find millions for free and others you can preview to find out if they’re what you’re looking for.

Scirus:For scientific information only, Scirus is a comprehensive research tool with more than 460 million scientific items including journal content, courseware, patents, educational websites, and more.

HighBeam Research:Research articles and published sources with HighBeam Research’s tools. You’ll not only be able to search for what you’re looking for, you can also choose from featured research topics and articles. Note: HighBeam is a paid service.

Vadlo:Vadlo is a life sciences search engine offering protocols, tools, and powerpoints for scientific research and discovery. Find what you’re looking for, and then stick around to check out the forums.

Open Library:Find the world’s classic literature, open e-books, and other excellent open and free resources in the Open Library. You can even contribute to the library with information, corrections to the catalog, and curated lists.

Online Journals Search Engine:In this free, powerful scientific search engine, you can discover journals, articles, research reports, and books in scientific publications.

Google Scholar:Check out Google Scholar to find only scholarly resources on Google. The search specializes in articles, patents, and legal documents, and even has a resource for gathering your citations.

Bioline International:Search Bioline International to get connected with a variety of scientific journals. The search is managed by scientists and librarians as a collaborative initiative between Bioline Toronto and and the Reference Center on Environmental Information.

SpringerLink:Search through SpringerLink for electronic journals, protocols, and books in just about every subject possible. You can also browse publications by collection and content type.

Directory of Open Access Journals:When you need top-quality journal writings for free, the Directory of Open Access Journals is a great place to check out. You’ll get access to a searchable journal of full-text quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.Jurn:In this curated academic search engine, you’ll get results from over 4,000 free scholarly e-journals in the arts and humanities.