INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USES IN RESEARCH: BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Abstract

In recent years, the research process such as searching the literature, collaborate with your team and peer review can be done simply by using internet. Today, people around the world can share ideas without even meet, published work in several places are accessible directly with seconds, experts in a field can be found with just a few typing keyword, and a lot of software as a tool to help a researcher to write a report and publish their work. Research can be done relatively faster than before, it means researcher should be more productive now. Since this technology is important to productivity of researcher, they should better know what are technologies available and what best practices they can use to stay competitive in this globalization era. The aim of this study to help researcher find the best information technology tools that fit their research. The method used is to explore and learn some research best practices and fit with software tools available. This paper categorize research tools for the nine categories and make comparison metrics for products in each category.