Details:  This is web-based software enabling you to create, launch and collate responses and reports for online surveys that you might wish to conduct.  This software is licenced for full use by both faculty and students at ZU.  There are no limits to the number of ZU users of the software, or the number of people surveyed using Survey Select.

Getting access: Access Survey Select both on and off campus. To become enabled as an active user , contact marwa.basil@zu.ac.ae (DXB), ghalya.alsuwaidi@zu.ac.ae (AUH), or jimson.lee@zu.ac.ae (CSD Administrator)

Support: Introductory workshops are organized by the Office of Research each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program.

Details:  SPSS is a widely used statistical analysis software often useful in quantitative research work.  It will provide predictive analytics, and can handle complex and large number sets.  ZU has a site licence for 'SPSS 16' available to all staff and faculty.

Getting access:  From your desktop, click onto 'ZU Applications', and choose [All].  Click onto the link for SPSS 16 to begin installation. Contact the Service Desk on your campus for assistance if necessary.  University upgrade to SPSS 17 has occurred, so ensure that you have the most recent version installed.

Support: Introductory and advanced workshops are organized by the Office of Research each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program.

Introductory SPSS Powerpoints:

• SPSS Introduction
• SPSS Introduction Part 2
• Introduction to PASW (SPSS)
• Intermediate PASW - Data Management and Analysis

Advanced SPSS Powerpoints:

• One-way ANOVA
• One-way repeated measure ANOVA
• Bivariate and multiple Linear Regression
• Factor Analysis

If you are interested in additional SPSS training, complete the SPSS survey

Details: If you need to handle very rich information, where deep levels of analysis on both small and large volumes of data are required, NVivo 8 is your solution. It removes many of the manual tasks associated with analysis, like classifying, sorting and arranging information.  Nvivo is more suitable for analysis of categories, themes and relationships in qualitative data.

Getting access:  A limited number of Nvivo 8 licences are available from the Office of Research, at this stage.  A 30 day trial of Nvivo is recommended for faculty considering use of this software, and can be downloaded from the Nvivo website.

Support: Introductory workshops are organized by the Office of Research each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program.

Introductory Nvivo Powerpoints:
Nvivo 8 Introduction

Details: EndNote is a high quality reference management tool supported by many international universities. EndNote enables you to collect, manage, tailor and annotate unlimited formats of resources in thousands of styles, to download references from databses and catalogs, and to use your references in conjunction with Word for seamless document creation including all in-text citations and bibliography.

Getting access:  ZU currently has limited EndNote licences available by emailing to the CSD Service Desk.  The licence, once approved, will be available for you to download through your 'ZU Applications' on your desktop.   EndNote X.1 version is currently available, but recommended for faculty only. Current upgrade to EndNote X3 (including EndNote Web) is in process.

Support: The library has established extensive information for EndNote including a blogsite for shared learning experiences and collaboration. The EndNote website also contains useful 'help' information. 

Introductory workshops are organized by the Office of Research each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program.

Details:  RefWorks - a web-based research management, writing and collaboration tool - is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.  Refworks is one of the subscriptions available through the library.  RefWorks is a full ZU site licence available to all students and faculty.

Getting access:  Access RefWorks Contact Library staff  for support.

Support:  Access PowerPoints and User Guides

Introductory workshops are organized by the Office of Research, in conjunction with the Library, each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program.

Details: Zotero is one of the fastest growing citation programs by usage.  It is Open Source and a plugin designed to be integrated with Firefox. It is also soon to be Web 2.0 enabled thus facilitating the collaborative building of research libraries. Zotero has been compared favorably with EndNote, and is free and available via the web for all users.

Getting access:  Access Zotero 

Support:  View the ZU online blog

Introductory workshops are organized by the Office of Research each semester in both DXB and AUH.  Visit the Spring 2010 Workshop Program or contact james.buckingham@zu.ac.ae for introductory assistance.