Exchanging Information

Information exchange refers to imparting information to peers or readers formally or informally. Tasks include writing a paper, presenting work in a seminar or a conference, sharing information through social and mainstream media channels, citing and referencing the work of others, and networking and self-promotion as part of career development.

Databases

Pivot

Pivot is a database that aggregates funding opportunities from across the world and features researcher profiles to enable collaboration.
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Ebooks

Insights

Automatically update your Pivot profile via ORCID

Automate updates to your Pivot profile by linking it to your ORCID account. Linking these two accounts will improve relevancy of suggested grants and help you to attract more potential collaborators.

Benefits of writing an op-ed

The main benefits of writing an op-ed are making a scholarly contribution to your field and strengthening your research profile, whether student, early-career researcher, or established faculty.

Knowledge Base Articles

Programs

Oral Presentation Skills workshop

From enunciation to pitch, rate and more, this session provides a closer look at the fundamental techniques necessary to deliver one’s presentation with confidence and ease.

The Index Flex

In this workshop, you will learn strategies to build and/or optimize your online presence, increase the visibility of your expertise and work, and familiarize yourself with a variety of impact metrics, such as the H-index.

The Write Stuff: Write Now

Reach the finish line of your thesis, capstone, or dissertation with The Write Stuff: Write Now! During the session, participants learn how to organize, prioritize, and plan ahead to efficiently write a research project.

Tools

All of Us Researcher Workbench

The All of Us Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based platform where registered researchers can access Registered and Controlled Tier data. Its powerful tools support data analysis and collaboration.

BioProject

A BioProject is a collection of biological data related to a single initiative originating from a single organization or from a consortium.

Comparative Genomics Resource

The National Institutes of Health's Comparative Genomics Resource facilitates research into eukaryotic organisms and their genomic data through community collaboration and an NCBI Toolkit of interconnected and interoperable datasets and tools.

DMPTool

The DMPTool is a free open-source online application that helps researchers create data management and sharing plans (DMPs).

EndNote

EndNote is a commercial reference management software designed to help researchers store, organize, and manage citations and bibliographies.

Journal /Author Name Estimator (JANE)

Jane first searches for the 50 articles that are most similar to your input. For each of these articles, a similarity score between that article and your input is calculated.

Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that serves as an information system to support research.

Sage Policy Profiles

Sage Policy Profiles is a free tool designed to track, visualize, and share a researcher's policy impact.

Think. Check. Submit.

Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research.

Zotero

Zotero is free and easy to use, web-based citation management tool.

Tutorials

Covidence Demo

This demo from the Covidence Academy introduces the key features and functions found in Covidence, all designed to streamline your systematic review.