ICT tools are mainly used by researchers for its ability to ease knowledge –gathering process and to enhance resource development. ICT Tools usage in research may classified into three stages such as digital tools for pre-data analysis stage, digital tools for data analysis stage and digital tools for post-data analysis stage.

1. Digital Tools for
Educational Research
(ICT Applications in Educational Research)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Education,
Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod

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ICT tools are mainly used by researchers
for its ability
to ease knowledge –gathering process
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to enhance resource development.

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Digital tools helps the researcher in the following way:
Identify research articles and appropriate information
sources through searching various online tools
Literature survey & Critically analyses known information
for further reading
Data collection process (Manage and collect the data)
Data analysis tools for both quantitative and qualitative
analysis
Referencing
Report preparation
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4. ICT
Tools
Search Engine
Connect &
Communicate
with experts
and researchers
Free Digital
Library
Data Analysis
Referencing
Write & Publish
Research
Papers
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of ICT
Pre-data Analysis
Data Analysis
Post-data analysis
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6. Pre-Data
Analysis
Literature
Search
Literature
Tracking
Data
Collection
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7. Literature Search
• https://scholar.google.com/
Google Scholar
• https://academic.microsoft.com/home
Microsoft Academic Search
• https://www.researchgate.net/
Research Gate
• https://www.academia.edu/
Academia
• https://www.semanticscholar.org/
Semantic Scholar
• https://scinapse.io/
Scinapse
• https://eric.ed.gov/
Eric
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PubMed
• https://doaj.org/
DOAJ
• https://www.lens.org/
Lens
• https://login.webofknowledge.com/
Web of Knowledge
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19. Famous Database for Research articles
AMS
Annual Revices
EBSCO
Elsevier
Indian Citation Index
Indian Journals
JSTOR
PsycINFO
SpringerLink
ProQuest
Academic Search Premier
Teacher Reference Center
PubPsych
Research Gate
Scopus
ERIC
PubMed
IEEE Xplore
Science Direct
DOAJ
Google Scholar
J-Gate
Microsoft Academic
ORCID
Paperity
Publons
SpringerLink
Web of Science
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20. Theses & Dissertations Database
PQDT Open: https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search.html
MIT Theses: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
Stanford University Libraries: https://library.stanford.edu/
UColorado Libraries: https://www.colorado.edu/libraries/
FAS Theses & Dissertations: https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4927603
EBSCO Open Dissertations: https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/
EThOS e-theses: https://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
UNSW Library: https://www.library.unsw.edu.au/
Open Access Theses: https://oatd.org/
Shodhganga (Reservoir of Indian Theses): https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
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31. Literature
Tracking
Mendely
Zotero
EndNote
Literature Tracking: Sort, classify and store
EasyBib
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36. Data Collections Tools
• https://www.google.com/forms/about/
Google Forms
• https://www.office.com/launch/forms
Microsoft Forms
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Survey Monkey
• https://www.zoho.com/forms/
Zoho Forms
• https://www.typeform.com/
Type form
• https://www.cognitoforms.com/
Cognito Forms
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44. Application of ICT
in Data Analysis
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45. Quantitative
Qualitative
Application of
ICT in data
analysis
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46. Quantitative Data Analysis
SPSS
R
MATLAB
SAS
GraphPad
Microsoft Excel
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47. Free Statistical Software
JASP: https://jasp-stats.org/
Jamovi: https://www.jamovi.org/
OpenStat: https://openstat.info/OpenStatMain.htm
SalStat-2: https://www.salstat.com/
SOFA (Statistics Open For All): https://www.sofastatistics.com/home.php
PSPP: https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
Statext: https://www.statext.com/
MicrOsiris: https://www.microsiris.com/
Gnumeric: http://www.gnumeric.org/
Tanagra (Data Mining): https://eric.univ-lyon2.fr/~ricco/tanagra/en/tanagra.html
AM Statistical Software: https://am.air.org/
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59. Qualitative Data Analysis
Nvivo
ATLAS.ti
MAXQDA
Transana
• CAT (Coding Analysis Toolkit): https://cat-help.texifter.com/
• Weft QDA: https://weft-qda.en.uptodown.com/
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62. Application of ICT in
Post Data Analysis
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63. References and Bibliography Compilation
•Endnote
•Zotero
•Mendeley
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64. Article and thesis discussion
• Academia.edu
• ResearchGate
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65. Plagiarism Detection
• Grammarly
• Article Checker
• Turnitin
• Duplichecker
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Digital Tools for
Educational Research
(ICT Applications in Educational Research)
K.THIYAGU,
Assistant Professor, Department of Education,
Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod