Day 2

Advanced Research Skills & Professional Development

SESSION 1: Reference Management & Literature Organization (50 minutes)

Part A: Zotero for Research Management

Literature Search Platforms

🗂 Scholar Google

🗂️ Lens.org

🗂 Connectedpapers

Set Up Zotero

Download and Install Zotero (Recommended before the workshop)

• Go to Zotero.org/download
• Download Zotero Desktop (Windows, macOS, or Linux).
• Install the software on your computer Video Instructions.

Install the Zotero Connector (Recommended before the workshop)

• Download the Zotero Connector for your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari).

This lets you save references directly from websites, databases, and Google Scholar.

Create a Zotero Account (Recommended before the workshop)

• Go to Zotero.org
• Sign up for a free account (needed for syncing your library across devices).

Sync Your Library (Recommended before the workshop)

• Open the Zotero desktop app.
• Go to Edit → Preferences → Sync.
• Enter your Zotero account details and enable syncing.

Organize Your References

• Use Collections (folders) to group references by project or theme.

See instruction video

Add Preferences to Zotero

• Using the Zotero Connector
• Manual Entry
• Add by Identifier

See instruction video

Cite in Microsoft Word & Google Docs

• Zotero installs a plugin for Word and LibreOffice automatically.
• For Google Docs, the Connector adds a Zotero menu.
• This allows you to insert citations and generate bibliographies directly.

See instruction video for Microsoft Word

See instruction video for Google Docs

SESSION 2: Data Collection and Analysis & AI-Enhanced Literature Review (70 minutes)

Part A: Kobotoolbox for Data Collection

KoboToolbox Materials

KoboToolbox is a software platform used to collect, analyze, and manage data for surveys, monitoring, evaluation, and research.

7-steps for designing mobile data collection 👉 Video instructions.

Part B: MAXQDA for Qualitative Research Analysis

SESSION 2, PART B: MAXQDA by Gvantsa Salukvadze

Part C: AI-Enhanced Literature Review

STORM - Stanford University

• AI-powered research assistant
  • Draft the article

Sign In STORM

NotebookLM.google

• AI-powered research assistant
  • organize
  • analyze
    
  • generate insights

Source-grounded summaries – provides explanations and answers based only on the materials you upload (PDFs, Google Docs, etc.),

Adventages - Reducing the risk of hallucinations. - Everything is traceable back to your uploaded sources.

Getting Started with NotebookLM (Google)

NotebookLM

• Sign In
  • Go to notebooklm.google
  • Sign in with your Google account (Gmail)
• Create a New Notebook
  • Click “New Notebook”
  • Give your notebook a name (e.g., Research Project, Thesis Review)
• Upload Sources
  • Add Google Docs, PDFs, or web-page
  • NotebookLM will build an AI model grounded only in your sources
• Ask Questions
  • Use the chat box to ask questions.
  • Example: “Summarize Chapter 2 in 5 bullet points” or “Compare methods A and B”
• Generate Insights
  • Get summaries, outlines, or concept maps
• NotebookLM Audios Overviews
  • AI-Generated Summary Audios

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