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Research Toolkit

This research toolkit provides a collection of sources, tools, and information that you can use to produce a research study. These resources cover everything from the initial study design to the finished product.

Discover What's Been Done Before

  • Subject Guides for Research

    • Consult the Subject Guide in your area to find the best resources to use when researching your topic or go the Databases A-Z List to find databases alphabetically. Use the Find It button to find the full-text of article summaries.

  • Catalog

  • Citation Finder

    • Follow the citation trail by consulting the references and bibliographies of books and articles of interest. Locate articles of interest by using the Citation Finder or browse online journals of interest after looking them up in the Journal QuickSearch. To learn about works that have cited an article of interest, use the Web of Knowledge or Google Scholar.

  • Interlibrary Loan

  • Subject Specialists

    • Contact a Subject Specialist, a librarian who is a research expert in your field, to set up a time to discuss best sources and strategies to use for research. Set up a consultation with a librarian to get research help!

Design Your Study

  • UNR Office of Human Research Protection

  • Survey Tools

    • Survey Monkey, Zoomerang, or SurveyGizmo are tools that can be used to construct a survey. These sites allow limited use for free, while more extended use comes for a fee.
    • Google Docs allows you to create a form with survey questions whose answers are compiled in a spreadsheet.
    • Checkbox Web is a complete survey tool that is available for use by graduate students (if sponsored by a faculty member) and faculty and is administered by UNR's Instructional Design Team. To start a survey, go to the Checkbox Web login page and fill out a survey request.

  • Audio and Video Equipment

    • Consult this list of Multimedia Equipment Available for Check-Out to determine what kinds of equipment to use for your project. This list includes video, audio, still cameras, display, drives/storage, lighting, and portable computing, all of which are available for checkout in @One of the Knowledge Center.

Organize Your Research

  • Style Guides

  • Reference Management Tools

    • Reference management tools like the ones below allow you to create a library of references to articles, books, maps, web sites, government publications, and other resources. You can import references from many databases and web sources and easily format them in standard styles, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, and many others.
      • EndNote Web is free to UNR students, faculty, and staff. You can access your EndNote Web libraries from any computer connected to the Internet.
      • Mendeley has both a desktop component available for free download and a web component that allows you to access your library from any computer and share your references with others.
      • Zotero is an easy-to-use Firefox extension that helps you manage your research sources, all from your browser window.

  • Annotated Bibliographies

Analyze Your Data

Produce Your Project

  • Poster Production

  • Audio and Video Creation

    • Visit the Dynamic Media Lab to learn about the speciality software avilable for audio and video production, including Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Premiere Pro, After Effects, iMovie, and many more. An audio recording booth is also available for use.