Technologies

is commonly used by researchers (individuals or teams) to organise a central database of references. The key advantage of collaborative database is the opportunity to have multiple users adding and

are useful for generating data at scale using a list of questions. It aims at extracting specific data from a particular group of people. Forms and survey tools are commonly used for research, impro

refers to techniques and technologies to portray knowledge of individuals, communities and networks. It can include perspectives of users, sources, flows, constraints and knowledge within an organ

focus on unstructured and non-numerical data . Qualitative data include fieldnotes, open questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, participant-observation, audio or video recordings in natural set

support users in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in scientific journals , institutional repositories , archives and databases, including collections of scientific articles.

refers to technologies for the reception and transmission of audio and video signals by users at different locations, for communication between people in real time. It implies the use of a synchronous

are software applications to examine an observable phenomena using statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques . These are used also in mixed or multi methods studies for validating ins

are used to record, share, interact with readers in the internet. In research, it has been applied to generate qualitative data including observation, notes, reflections, stories and reports. The term