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Research Tools

The following tools may help you in your research both in the library and on the go.

LibX iconDuke LibX — Search the library catalog, databases, e-journals, Google Scholar, and more, from wherever you are on the web. Embedded "cues" link to library resources when you're browsing Amazon,  the NY Times, Wikipedia, and more. This browser plugin provides quick access to Duke Library resources via a toolbar, icon "cues" (the reading blue devil shown here) embedded in web pages, and your browser's right-click menu.


EndNote — You're using a lot of sources, and you have a lot of references to track. Use this reference management software to help you keep track of your citations and prepare bibliographies.


RefWorks — Need to acccess and format citations on the web? Try RefWorks, an online reference management tool that will help you collect, organize, share and format citations from any computer with an Internet connection.


Zotero — Manage your citations - books, articles, web pages and more - with the Zotero Firefox plug-in. Zotero lets you capture, organize and cite what you find while researching and writing.


Duke Mobile appDukeMobile — The DukeMobile suite of applications for iPhone includes functions for searching the library catalog, contacting a librarian, and viewing images from Duke Digital Collections. To install DukeMobile on you iPhone or iPod Touch, visit the DukeMobile page in the iTunes App Store and click on "Get App."

Don't have an iPhone? Access Library hours, directions, contact information, and a list of available computers via a standard web-enabled phone on the Library's Mobile Website.


Duke Libraries Google Gadget — Use iGoogle as your home page? Add this search box for Duke Library resources to your iGoogle page and search the library from there. This "gadget" can also be embedded in any page you can paste HTML code into, such as a Blackboard course site, your departmental or personal web site, etc..


Web browser search plugins for research databases — There are some databases that you search so often that  you probably wish you could do the searches directly from that little search box in your browser's tool bar. You can check out these search plugins and get to what you need more quickly.


 

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Last published February 14, 2012 9:10:32 AM EST