Part of any successful research is pulling together the strands. That means organizing citations and documents and staying on top of new research. That`s where reference management tools come in. Mostly free to download and use, you can organize, create, connect and share work with other researchers across the world. Opening up access to scientific research is at the heart of Research4Life’s...

So you've done the research, now it's time to communicate your findings clearly and effectively. Research4Life' s Authorships Skills training course shows you how Did you skim-read that scientific paper adequately? Does your writing draw conclusions and link concepts clearly enough for your reader? Low and behold, not all scientists are natural writers. In fact one of the issues that researchers...

It’s an invaluable tool for researchers in the developing world, but do you know if your institution is registered with AGORA, or if it’s eligible to do so? As one of four programmes under the Research4Life (R4L) umbrella, AGORA provides access to research in the developing world. Set up by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the UN, its digital library holds over 6000 key journals and...

AGORA’s database of journals, books and papers has never been fuller If you caught our blog post back in October then you’ll know that along with our colleagues at Cornell University’s Mann Library, we’ve spent a busy year adding new titles to AGORA 283 new titles in the first half of 2015 alone were added, and these came from major publishers - Taylor and Francis, Science Research Publishing...

If you work in scientific research then you`ll know what a challenge it can be to organize your work, connect with others, and keep up with cutting edge innovations. That’s where Mendeley comes in. Its free reference management tool is a type of academic social network where researchers can manage, discover and share new content with scientists all over the world. In the spirit of social media you...