Recommeded Reading
- Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A practitioners guideGentzkow, M. and Shapiro, J.
Productivity Tools
- DisconnectMake the web faster, more private, and more secure. Disconnect lets you visualize and block the invisible sites that track your search and browsing history.
- TodoTodo is the powerful to-do list app and task manager.
- TodoistTo-do list and task manager.
- TogglFree time-tracking software.
- TrelloTrello is the free, flexible, and visual way to organize anything with anyone. Drop the lengthy email threads, out-of-date spreadsheets, no-longer-so-sticky notes, and clunky software for managing your projects. Trello lets you see everything about your project in a single glance.
- WunderlistCreate electronic lists that can be private or public and allow for sharing and collaboration.
Tools for Writing and Collaboration
- EvernoteOne work space: write, collect (clip things from the web), find, present.
- Evernote Notebooks by MoleskineThe Evernote Notebooks by Moleskine are the first paper notebooks specifically designed for users who would like to create digitized versions of handwritten notes. Evernote not only captures your physical notes, but optimizes them and seamlessly integrates them with Evernote accounts.
- LaTeXLaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
- NotabilityCombine handwriting, photos and typing to bring your projects to life. Add as much detail as you like with a variety of colors and fonts.
- ScrivenerA word processor and project management tool that stays with you from that first, unformed idea all the way through to the final draft. Outline and structure your ideas, take notes, view research alongside your writing and compose the constituent pieces of your text in isolation or in context.
- SlackSlack brings all your communication together in one place. It's real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.
Related Cornell Resources
File and Information Management Tools
- 1passwordStore all your passwords, PIN codes, documents, credit cards and more.
- AppleScriptAppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. and built into Macintosh operating systems since System 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleScript). Link takes you to an introduction to the language guide.
- Cornell BoxBox allows you to share and collaborate on documents and other files online. With a Cornell Box account, you can invite both Cornell and non-Cornell people to collaborate with you. 50GB of free storage space for Cornell staff, students and faculty.
- EndNoteEndNote is [an] industry standard software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references on the Windows and Macintosh desktop.
- MendeleyFree reference manager and PDF organizer
- OneNoteDigital, note-taking app.
- ZoteroZotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
Data Management, Analysis, and Version Control Tools
- ATLAS.tiATLAS.ti is a powerful workbench for the qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual, graphical, audio and video data.
- BitbucketBuilt for professional teams. Distributed version control system that makes it easy for you to collaborate with your team. A collaborative Git solution that massively scales.
- DedooseA cross-platform app for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods research with text, photos, audio, videos, spreadsheet data and so much more.
- GitGit is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
- NVivoPowerful software for qualitative data analysis
- SourcetreeA free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.
- TabulaTabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.