Open Tools We Support

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Explore tools that can help make your research more accessible, transparent, reproducible, and reusable. 
Click a tool name to learn how we support its use, access training resources, or connect to your institutional account.

 

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Phase 1:
Planning, Design, & Organization

DMP Tool

online platform with ready-to-use templates for creating data management plans

Obsidian

markdown-based note-taking tool for organizing a personal knowledge base

OpenAlex

research index with a queryable dataset

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OSF

publishing platform for research planning and preregistrations

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Tropy

desktop tool for managing research images and their metadata

Zotero

tool to collect, organize, cite, and share research sources

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Phase 2:
Collection & Analysis

Command Line Interface

means of using text-based commands to view, handle, and manipulate files on a computer

Git

version control system for tracking changes in code

Jupyter Notebook

interactive computational environment used to document and demonstrate coding workflows

Open­Refine

data cleaning platform

Programming Languages

data processing, statistical analysis, and visualization

Julia

coding language for working with data

Python

coding language for working with data

R

coding language for statistical computing and working with data

SQL

programming language for accessing, extracting, and manipulating data in relational databases

QGIS

mapping software for the analysis, editing, and packaging of spatial information

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Taguette

tool for coding, tagging, and organizing qualitative data

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Phase 3:
Collaborative Documentation

GitHub

free, cloud-based platform for storing, sharing, and collaborating on code

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Lab­Archives

electronic research notebook used to store research notes and data securely in the cloud

Overleaf

collaborative, online LaTeX editor

protocols.­io

cloud-based platform for documenting, versioning, and sharing step-by-step research methods

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Phase 4:
Publication & Sharing

Code Ocean

cloud-based platform for sharing and running code without installing coding packages on a computer

Collection­Builder

static site framework for metadata-driven collection and exhibit websites

GitHub Pages

static site hosting option for Github repositories

Janeway

journal platform for manuscript management, review, and publication

Kilthub

comprehensive institutional repository to share CMU's scholarly outputs and research data

Manifold

publishing and reading platform for OERs

Persistent Identifiers

ensure research outputs and authors are uniquely identifiable and citable

DOI

unique digital identifier for research output

ISSN

unique code assigned to a serial publication

ORCID

persistent digital identifier that uniquely identifies researchers