Research Guides: Social Justice and Equity Studies: Information Management

Where to begin

Thinking about research data management or not sure what that means? Check out this library guide created to introduce the topic and importance of research data management.

Also, there are the Digital Scholarship lab and Research Lifecycle departments here at the library, dedicated to help you on your academic journey!

Digital Scholarship Lab (Brock Library)
The Digital Scholarship Lab brings together a variety of services and expertise that support digital research initiatives happening across Brock University.
Workshops on platforms to showcase your work like OMEKA as well as Zotero, data visualization, software carpentry, statistics software, data management, consultations and email help.
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https://brocku.ca/library/dsl/tools-and-tutorials/
Publishing Support at Brock Library
Faculty and graduate students can find support developing their research project, finding, creating and working with data, publishing and sharing research, as well as measuring their research impact.

Citation Management Software

Citation management software allows you to store and organize your resources and citation information easily. You will be able to create databases of citations or references to books, journal articles, and web sites used in your research. The software allows you to easily insert your citations within a research paper as in-text references, footnotes, or endnotes, and the creation of a formatted bibliography using a citation style of choice (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

Several free and open-source Citation Management Tools are available. Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote are three popular tools. Zotero is popular for use in the Social Sciences and Humanities, while Mendeley is popular for use in the Sciences.

Zotero
Zotero is a citation management tool that allows you to save references from library catalogues, databases, and web sites easily with a single click. Zotero helps you to collect, manage, and cite your research sources using in-text references, footnotes, or endnotes, as well creating a formatted bibliography in your choice of citation style.
Why Zotero?
Why is Zotero a good choice for your citation management needs?
Video: Getting Started with Zotero
Video: Using Zotero
Mastering Zotero (York University)
This five-unit course assumes you understand the basics of working with Zotero, and will turn you into a power user.