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General Guides
Research Depot -- Tips and tutorials for conducting research (Rutgers University). START HERE!!!
A Research Guide for Students -- "All the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings." A very complete resource.
Introduction to Data Collection and Analysis -- Guide to conducting research in the sciences (Deakin University).
Doing Research -- Prof. Judith Friedman's guide to conducting social science research. Includes tips on research and writing, data presentation, links to free software, and a basic guide to using SPSS (Rutgers University).
Social Science Research Methods -- Summary of types of analysis, questions they each answer, how to gather data/sources, and how to analyze the results.
Engage -- The interactive research resource for bioscience undergraduates (University of Reading, UK)
How to Conduct Internet Research
Searchpath -- Better research, better papers, better grades! Try Searchpath, our new
online information literacy tutorial (Rutgers University). START HERE!!!
Internet Detective -- Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern
the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research.
net.Tutor -- Collection of tutorials for conducting research online (Ohio State University).
Tutorial – Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet -- Shows some "effective ways to 'structure' a query and [how to] use special operators to target the results you seek."
Cornell's Olin & Uris Libraries -- Tools and criteria for evaluating web sources (Cornell University).
The Virtual Chase -- A guide to evaluating the quality of information on the internet.
online! -- "A reference guide to using internet sources."
Use of Human Test Subjects (yes, this includes interviews!)
Rutgers University IRB -- The Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research. Forms, procedures, and general information are available at their site. Though the fine details are specific to Rutgers University, the most basic information and federal guidelines are universally applicable.
Examples of Projects that DO and DO NOT Require IRB Review -- Clear, specific examples to help you assess your own situation (Rutgers University).
Playing It Safe With Research Risk -- This article goes through general background information about research using human subjects, animals, dangerous
biological materials, and radioactive materials (Chronicle of Higher Education).
Data sources
General
Virtual Reference Shelf -- "Selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress." A great resource. START HERE!!!
Subject Research Guides -- Online resources organized by category (Rutgers University).
Document Center -- Statistical resources on the web (University of Michigan).
Reference Online -- Search Engines, Dictionaries, Statistical information, Healthcare sites, US and International Reference Information, Legal Information, and News/TV Sites.
Finding Data on the Internet -- Data sources listed by category; from agriculture to public safety.
Infoplease -- Includes an encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, biographies...
Swivel.com -- billed as the YouTube for data. The website has tools that allow you to upload statistics from public domain sources, and then they are publicly displayed for other people to see, comment on, and compare against other data sets that have been uploaded to the site. An interesting feature is the ability to put data directly into Google spreadsheets, and then upload directly from Google spreadsheets to swivel.com. Of course since this is a community statistics effort, the quality of the data and the output relies on the density of people participating.
NationMaster.com statistics site. Their initial and primary data set comes from the CIA world factbook; a wealth of statistics on a wide variety of topics, from agriculture to lifestyles. You can get raw data, you can create comparisons, and it will generate graphs to make the data a little easier to digest.
Subject-Specific
Center for Global Security and Democracy -- A meta-collection of over 1,500 websites with every type of data needed for the study of international relations. See also the section "Research and Publications" (Rutgers University).
Humanities and Social Sciences Data Center -- "A clearinghouse for existing or newly created data collections" (Rutgers University).
Literary Resources on the Net -- Web sites on English and American literature (Rutgers University).
Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank -- A project aiming to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E. (Rutgers University).
Student Organization for Unique and Rare Collections Everywhere (SOURCE) -- Under "Digital Exhibits & Collections," you will find a great collection of links to online archives and historical papers.
Beyond the Molecular Frontier: Challenges for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering -- Free books online! The link opens to a chemistry book, but browse the site for more free books on a variety of subjects.
National Center for Biotechnology Information -- A HUGE national resource for molecular biology information, run by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Travel, International Resources
Travel Links -- You may need to travel in order to conduct your research, so here's a comprehensive collection of links to help you plan your trip, whether in the US or abroad (Rutgers University).
Airlines Tickets -- A "helpful consumer resource for guiding students and faculty on how to find affordable airfare online."
Doing Research Abroad -- Tips for identifying relevant collections abroad, conditions for access, foreign library research and etiquette, etc. (Yale University).
Foreign Language
TravLang -- A HUGE collection of teaching guides for 80 foreign languages, targeted to travelers. Includes sound clips to aid in pronunciation.
FreeTranslation.com -- A free service translating between English and Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Norwegian, and both Simple & Traditional Chinese.
North European Dictionaries -- Translates Finnish and Icelandic, among other languages.
Data Analysis
Need help with statistics? The statistics department operates an office of Statistical Consulting whose services are available to the Rutgers community. They have "walk-in" hours Thursday mornings in room 465 Hill Center.
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