Research Tool Kit

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Research Tool Kit

Foreword

The latest version of our Research Tool Kit (RTK) is a collection of links that we hope any researcher analysist will find useful.

No list of research tools is perfect, nor is it likely to be complete. Such is the pace of change that by the time you read this document some of our suggestions may have been surpassed or have ceased to exist. Work on the next iteration of the RTK has already begun. For now, I hope this version contributes to improving your efficiency and effectiveness as a researcher, analyst. Please feel free to share. To encourage its broadest possible dissemination and use, we are publishing the RTK under a Creative Commons CC BY License. Metier Solutions accepts no responsibility or liability for the use of any of the links contain in this document.

We hope that you find something new, interesting and helpful.

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1 Information ...... 6

1.1 Books and Reading ...... 6 1.2 Countries ...... 7

1.3 Lectures, Talks, Conference Presentations, Speeches ...... 8

1.4 Podcasts ...... 11

2 Q&A Sites ...... 14

3 Search ...... 16

3.1 Blog ...... 16

3.2 Code ...... 16

3.3 Document ...... 16

3.4 Forums and Discussion Boards ...... 16 3.5 General ...... 17

3.6 News ...... 17

3.7 Other ...... 18

3.8 Search Engine Guides ...... 18

3.9 Tools ...... 18

4 Data & Statistics...... 20

4.1 Analysis ...... 20

4.2 Dashboard Tools ...... 20

4.3 Data Analysis ...... 20 4.4 Data and Statistics ...... 21

4.5 Data Collation ...... 24

4.6 Fact Checking ...... 27

4.7 Infographics and Data Visualization ...... 27

4.8 Language Translation ...... 30

4.9 Public Datasets ...... 30

5 Documents ...... 32

5.1 Document and Reference Management ...... 32 5.2 Document Search ...... 32

5.3 Fonts ...... 32

5.4 Paste sites ...... 32

5.5 PDF Management...... 32 6 Climbing ...... 35

1 Information 1.1 Books and Reading 100 Million Book : www.100millionbooks.org Amazon Cheap Books : b Audible : www.audible.com Auditus : auditus.cc Bibliomania : www.bibliomania.com Blinkist : www.blinkist.com Bookbub : www.bookbub.com BookClub : bookclub.cool Bookish : www.bookish.com Booklikes : booklikes.com Bookmate : bookmate.com Books : 52book Books on the Knob : blog.booksontheknob.org Bookseer : bookseer.com Bookstr : www.bookstr.com Calibre : www.calibre-ebook.com Daily Cheap Reads : www.dailycheapreads.com Europeana : www.europeana.eu Favobooks : favobooks.com Free Kindle Books : freekindlebooks.org Gnooks : www.gnooks.com Goodreads : www.goodreads.com Google Books : books.google.com Hathi Trust Digital Library : www.hathitrust.org How Long To Read : www.howlongtoreadthis.com I love my Kindle : ilmk.wordpress.com Internet Archive Texts : details.php ISBN Plus : isbnplus.com Jellybooks : www.jellybooks.com Just Free Books : www.justfreebooks.info Keendly : keendly.com KindleNationDay : kindlenationdaily.com KindleWorld : kindleworld.blogspot.com LibraryThing : www.librarything.com Librivox : librivox.org

Loyal Books : www.loyalbooks.com Many Books : manybooks.net Narro : www.narro.co Open Culture: Free Audiobooks : freeaudiobooks Open Library : openlibrary.org OpeningtheBook : www.openingthebook.com Overdrive : www.overdrive.com ParrotRead : parrotread.com Pixel of Ink : www.pixelofink.com Project Gutenberg : www.gutenberg.org Read : introducing-read-for-ios-de4d2799254a.z3lrigjr7 Reader IQ : www.ereaderiq.com Readgeek : www.readgeek.com Readism : bmiolhceebkeljaikojgcoeefblcihje199Readlax Readwise : noggimpgfjnknjblddfibbdnocffdoii Reddit: 52 Weeks, 52 : readwise.io Riffle : www.rifflebooks.com SendtoKindle : sendtokindle Talk to Books: : talktobooks TasteDive: Books : books The Getty Research Institute : library The Online Books Page : search.html The Online Books Page : search.html TheBooksProject : thebooksproject.co TheFrugaleReader : www.thefrugalereader.com Tinderizer : tinderizer.com Toolinbox Klib : Klib WhatShouldIReadNext : www.whatshouldireadnext.com YourNextRead : YourNextRead: Book Recommendations (UK)

1.2 Countries BBC News Country Profile : default.stm CIA World Factbook : index.html Country Studies : countrystudies.us Global Edge : globaledge.msu.edu IMUNA Country Profiles : country-profiles Kwintessential Country : guides Guides Library of Congress Country Studies : about-this-collection

Library of Congee Nations : nations.php UN Country Profiles : profile.htm UNCTAD Country Profile : index.html

1.3 Lectures, Talks, Conference Presentations, Speeches Academia : www.academia.edu Academic Earth : academicearth.org Academic Index : www.academicindex.net Academic Journals : www.academicjournals.org African Journals Online : www.ajol.info All Conferences : www.allconferences.com Altmetric : www.altmetric.com American Archive of Public Broadcasting : americanarchive.org American Society of Civil Engineers : ascelibrary.org AMiner : aminer.org Archive : archive.org arXiv : arxiv.org AutoDesk University : au.autodesk.com A-Z Library Databases : az.php Base : www.base-search.net Beyond Citation : www.beyondcitation.org Bibsonomy : www.bibsonomy.org bioRxiv : www.biorxiv.org Brown University Library : library.brown.edu Cambridge Journals : journals.cambridge.org Citation Machine : www.citationmachine.net citeulike : www.citeulike.org copac : copac.jisc.ac.uk Copyscape Plagiarism Checker - Duplicate Content Detection Software : www.copyscape.com Core : core.ac.uk Cornell University Archive : events-archive deepdyve : www.deepdyve.com Deepgram : www.deepgram.com Discovery | The National Archives : discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk Elsevier : www.elsevier.com ERIC : eric.ed.gov EThOS : ethos.bl.uk Etymo : etymo.io

Europe PMC : europepmc.org Europeana : www.europeana.eu figshare : figshare.com Findlectures : www.findlectures.com Focus : focus.universite-paris-saclay.fr Global Academy for Medical Education : conferences-archive Google Scholar : scholar.google.com Google Scholar Button : ldipcbpaocekfooobnbcddclnhejkcpn govinfo | U.S. Government Publishing Office : www.govinfo.gov Grey Guide : greyguide.isti.cnr.it Grey Literature – List of Gateways : graylit Grey Literature (HLWIKI International) : Grey_literature Grey Literature Report : www.greylit.org Grey Literature Strategies : greylitstrategies.info GreyNet International : www.greynet.org Hathi Trust Digital Library : www.hathitrust.org HighWire: Free Online Full-text Articles : freeart.dtl Home - PubMed - NCBI : pubmed Home | Microsoft Academic : home Home · Science Publications : www.thescipub.com IEEE Xplore : home.jsp International Affairs Resources : internationalaffairsresources.com IssueLab : www.issuelab.org iTunes U : id490217893 Jisc : www.jisc.ac.uk Journal Guide : www.journalguide.com Journal Seek : journalseek.net JSTOR : www.jstor.org JURN : search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses : jurn.org Kennedy Center Lecture Archive : lectures KFF : www.kff.org Lazy Scholar : www.lazyscholar.org Lazy Scholar | Extension : www.lazyscholar.org Libguides Community : community.libguides.com Library of Congress : www.loc.gov Mednar : mednar.com Microsoft Academic : academic.microsoft.com National Archives : catalog

Nature.com : science NRC Research Press : www.nrcresearchpress.com Nursing Network : nursing-events Open Access Scientific Journals : www.pagepress.org Open DOAR : v2.opendoar.sherpa.ac.uk Open Grey : www.opengrey.eu Open Knowledge Maps : openknowledgemaps.org Open Syllabus Explorer : explorer.opensyllabusproject.org Open Syllabus Project : opensyllabus.org Open University : www.open.ac.uk OpenAIRE : www.openaire.eu OpenGrey : opengrey.eu OSF Preprints : discover OSTI.GOV : www.osti.gov Oxford Journals : www.oxfordjournals.org PAGEPress Publications : www.pagepress.org PhilPapers : philpapers.org PLOS : www.plos.org PQDT Open : search.html PubMed : pubmed PubPeer : pubpeer.com PubPeer - Search publications and join the conversation. : pubpeer.com Quertle : quertle.com Quetzal Search : www.quetzal-search.info refseek : www.refseek.com Renal Archive : www.renalarchive.org REPEC : repec.org Research Gate : www.researchgate.net Retraction Watch : retractionwatch.com Royal Society of Chemistry : event SAGE Journals : journals.sagepub.com Scholar Universe : www.scholaruniverse.com Science Publications : www.thescipub.com Science Research : www.scienceresearch.com Science.gov : www.science.gov ScienceDirect : www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDomain : www.sciencedomain.org SCIRP : www.scirp.org

Semantic Scholar : www.semanticscholar.org Service Unavailable : www.ssrn.com SOC ARXIV : socarxiv Sparrho : www.sparrho.com Speakerdex : speakerdex.co Springer : link.springer.com SSRN : www.ssrn.com Streaming Media : conferences Sweet Search : www.sweetsearch.com Talks at Google : talksat.withgoogle.com Taylor & Francis Online : www.tandfonline.com TechXtra : www.techxtra.ac.uk Ted : www.ted.com The Getty Research Institute : library The Great Courses : www.thegreatcourses.com The Open Syllabus Project : opensyllabusproject.org Think Tank Search - Think Tank Search - Research Guides at Harvard Library : think_tank_search UCI School of Social Science : Asia Data Archive | CSD | UCI Social Sciences Unpaywall : iplffkdpngmdjhlpjmppncnlhomiipha Video Lectures : videolectures.net Wiley : eu.wiley.com World Digital Library : www.wdl.org World Science : worldwidescience.org zenodo : zenodo.org Zetoc : zetoc.jisc.ac.uk

1.4 Podcasts Anchor : anchor.fm Antennapod : antennapod.org BeyondPod : www.beyondpod.mobi Blubrry Podcast Directory : blubrry-podcast-directory Breaker : breaker.audio Castbox : castbox.fm Castro : castro Deepgram : www.deepgram.com Doggcatcher : www.doggcatcher.com Downcast : www.downcastapp.com

Edge of the Web : seo-podcast iCatcher! Podcast Player : apps iTunes Podcasts : podcasts Listen Notes : www.listennotes.com NPR Podcast Directory : podcasts Overcast : overcast.fm Player FM : player.fm Pocket Casts : pocketcasts Pocket Casts Voodoo : eipnphplecohckkjkgldkmmkgdfbmlek Podbean : www.podbean.com Podcast App : hdpgebcembbojpibjdjbjpnekmabmjmp Podcast Fast Track : podcastfasttrack.com Podcast Player Prime : podcast-player.html Podcast Republic : podcastrepublic.net Podcast Search : podcastsearch.david-smith.org Podcasts : www.podcasts.com Podible : podible.co Podkicker : details podStation Podcast Player : bpcagekijmfcocgjlnnhpdogbplajjfn PRI SoundWorks : soundworks Radio Fyyd : fyyd.de Read2me : read2me.online RSS Radio : rssrad.io RSSDemon News & Podcast Reader : details SmarterPod : ehlmnfeohfahemdjnakciaheggkojchf SoundCloud Player : geamkdoeadoihdcnnkanojmdegppdmkh SoundCloud Podcasting : podcasting Spaactor : www.spaactor.com Speaker Podcast Radio : spreaker-podcast-radio Stabl : www.wearestabl.com Stitcher : www.stitcher.com The Audacity to Podcast : tap069-top-podcast-directories-and-how-to-get-in-them tumello : search wecast : www.wecastapp.com Winds : winds

2 Q&A Sites Answers.com : www.answers.com Ask : www.ask.com Ask.fm : ask.fm eHow : www.ehow.com gutefrage : www.gutefrage.net Quora : www.quora.com StackExchange : stackexchange.com Yahoo Answers : answers.yahoo.com

3 Search 3.1 Blog Bloghunt : bloghunt.me BlogSeacrhEngine : www.blogsearchengine.org NetworkedBlogs : www.networkedblogs.com Notey : www.notey.com Twingly : www.twingly.com Webhose.io : webhose.io

3.2 Code GitHub - michenriksen/gitrob: Reconnaissance tool for GitHub organizations : gitrob GitHub - techgaun/github-dorks: Collection of github dorks and helper tool to automate the process of checking dorks : github-dorks NerdyData.com - Search The Web's Source Code for Technologies : search Search Engine for Source Code - PublicWWW.com : publicwww.com searchcode | source code search engine : searchcode.com

3.3 Document Advanced RECAP Archive Search for PACER – CourtListener.com : recap Common Google dorks Google : www.google.com Google : www.google.com Google : www.google.com site:cryptome.org - Google Search : search site:onedrive.live.com - Google Search : search site:s3.amazonaws.com - Google Search : search DocJax | Find Any Document on the Web : docjax.com Full-text search : plusd Scribd - Read books, audiobooks, and more : www.scribd.com

3.4 Forums and Discussion Boards BoardReader : boardreader.com Delphi Forums : www.delphiforums.com Facebook Groups : www.facebook.com Foren User : www.forenuser.de Google Groups : groups.google.com Hoood.de : www.hoood.de

Linkedin Groups : www.linkedin.com Ning : www.ning.com Webhose.io : webhose.io Xing Groups : communities Yahoo Groups : groups.yahoo.com

3.5 General Advangle: advanced web-search in Google and Bing : advangle.com Bing : www.bing.com Bing vs. Google : bvsg.org DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified. : duckduckgo.com Google : www.google.com Google Advanced Search : advanced_search Hulbee AG – The Swiss software technology company. | Startpage : en Instya MultiSearch : www.instya.com iZito : www.izito.com Startpage.com - The world's most private search engine : www.startpage.com Startpage.com - The world's most private search engine : www.startpage.com Yahoo is now part of Oath : collectConsent Yandex : yandex.com

3.6 News AllYouCanRead - The Homepage for News Addicts : www.allyoucanread.com Breaking News Headlines: Read All News Updates in English | Inshorts : read Google News : news.google.com https://flipboard.com/ : flipboard.com Hubii : www.hubii.com NewsBot : getnewsbot.com NewsBrief : latest.html NewsNow.co.uk > The UK's #1 news portal : h Newspaper Map : newspapermap.com NewspaperArchive® | Genealogy & Family History Records : newspaperarchive.com Paperboy Online Newspapers | US & World Newspapers : www.thepaperboy.com Prepare for Meetings - Selling Intel Search Engine : www.yougotthenews.com PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines. : catalog World News : wn.com

3.7 Other AOL database scandal and keyword tool : searchids.com Find search engines from across the world with Search Engine Colossus : www.searchenginecolossus.com SimilarSites - Most popular searches : browse

3.8 Search Engine Guides Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Calculator (Cheat Sheet) : calculator.html Google Search Operators - Google Guide : advanced_operators_reference.html

3.9 Tools Bishop Fox : www.bishopfox.com Custom Search Engine : cse GitHub - googleinurl/SCANNER-INURLBR: Advanced search in search engines, enables analysis provided to exploit GET / POST capturing emails & urls, with an internal custom validation junction for each target / url found. : SCANNER-INURLBR GitHub - opsdisk/pagodo: pagodo (Passive Google Dork) - Automate Google Hacking Database scraping : pagodo Google Alerts - Monitor the Web for interesting new content : alerts Google Alerts alternative. The best and free alerts service with Twitter results - Talkwalker : alerts Million Short - What haven't you found? : millionshort.com

4 Data & Statistics 4.1 Analysis Futures Toolkit : https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/f ile/674209/futures-toolkit-edition-1.pdf

4.2 Dashboard Tools Analytics Portfolio : analyticsportfolio.com Chartio : chartio.com Clicdata : www.clicdata.com Cyfe : www.cyfe.com Dashthis : dashthis.com DataDeck : www.datadeck.com Geckoboard : www.geckoboard.com Happy Metrics : www.happymetrix.com Klipfolio : www.klipfolio.com Qlik : www.qlik.com Visually : visual.ly

4.3 Data Analysis Import.io : www.import.io Automatic Statistician : www.automaticstatistician.com Auto-WEKA : autoweka AW Stats : www.awstats.org bigML : bigml.com Cloud