Category Archives: Tools: Specific Application

SlideRocket – “The New Way To Present”

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Martin Rehm

Contributed by: Irina Burlacu (MGSoG) Since I discovered SlideRocket, I kept on recommending it to my peer-colleagues, who do not use Latex, Prezi, or Mac for fancy presentations, but instead use the standard Power Point slide presentations. There are few … Continue reading →

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LaTeX – An (attractive) alternative to Word and/or PowerPoint?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Martin Rehm

Contributed by: Kristine Farla (MGSoG) Microsoft Word® and PowerPoint® are the most commonly used typesetting products around. And while using them offers a lot of advantages, everyone knows that formatting the layout of a document can be time consuming and … Continue reading →

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Alert Function in Google Scholar

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Joeri Bruyninckx

Contributed by: Nicolle Lamerichs (FASoS) Keeping up to date with the newest literature in your field can be tough. You may have subscribed to mail lists, publishers’ guides or maybe you just browse the catalogues on your favourite key words … Continue reading →

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Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo

Posted on July 16, 2012 by florian.henning

Contributed by: Katie Kuschminder Recently I took a two-day NVivo Introduction and Intermediate Training course. NVivo is a software-coding programme for qualitative research (in the same camp as Atlas Ti). NVivo can be used for coding transcripts, directly coding audio … Continue reading →

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Doing a (systematic) literature review with a group of people

Posted on June 28, 2012 by d.verstegen

Contributed by: Daniëlle Verstegen   Every research starts with a literature review, right? And it always takes a lot of time… Doing a (systematic) literature review with a group of people has advantages: you can share the reading load and … Continue reading →

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How to start an academic blog

Posted on June 18, 2012 by d.verstegen

Contributed by: Rafael Bienia Blogging facilitates networking, which is crucial for your career. Writing a blog helps you to communicate with your peers, to keep in touch with colleagues you have met on conferences, and to meet new people, who … Continue reading →

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WAMP: Creating your own databases

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Joeri Bruyninckx

Contributed by: Nico Doranov WAMP allows you to install a set of applications in one go: a webserver (Apache), a database (MySQL) and a query language (usually PHP). This combination of tools allows you to store large amounts of data, … Continue reading →

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Sampling short clips from DVDs (for presentations)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Joeri Bruyninckx

Contributed by: Jasper Aalbers (FASoS) As a film scholar, I often use film clips in presentations and lectures. But also scholars from other fields who use audiovisual data might benefit from using the two following little programs: DVDshrink: Starting up … Continue reading →

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Portable Apps: Dropbox

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Martin Rehm

Contributed by: Youri van Dijk In a previous post, some advantages of cloud storage are mentioned. First, there’s the need for a proper backup. Second, you’d like to be able to access your storage files everywhere. However, due to security … Continue reading →

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PBWorks & Dropbox

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Martin Rehm

Contributed by: Nico Rasters (BU) Collaboration between co-authors, research assistants, external experts, and reviewers usually occurs in the form of emails (with attachments) being sent back and forth. There are numerous reasons why email is the wrong tool for online … Continue reading →

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