The Department of Education has a site license for Qualtrics. Qualtrics is web-based survey tool, which you can use to conduct survey research, evaluations and other data collection activities.
The license only covers staff and students in the Department of Education. It does not cover members of other Departments throughout the University.
To request a license please email qualtrics@education.ox.ac.uk
For more information, please see the Qualtrics website
You can find some guidance on how to use Qualtrics here
It is common practice to use Excel and Reference Management Software to manage systematic reviews.
The EPPI-Centre have created specific software for systematic reviewing which individuals can subscribe to (the cost is not prohibitive).
There is also free alternative: Rayyan http://rayyan.qcri.org/
Covidence is an alternative online software you can pay for: Covidence
Take a look at the Systematic Review Toolbox for other ideas, including tools to use to critically analyse the studies you find e.g. this quality assessment tool.
You can install these software packages on your own computer for free via the IT Services website.
The library can't offer expert advice on using this software, but there are free online tutorials via LinkedIn Learning and classes provided by IT Services (not all are free).
The University also subscribes to other software which may be useful for your research - you can find more information on those on the Data and Statistics for Social Sciences LibGuide.
You can also access them in the Bodleian Social Science Library Data Area.
The University does not offer specific transcription services or equipment, but does suggest using the Transcribe feature in Word for web: Applications Advocates - Transcribe
If you use an Apple Mac or have access to speech recognition software you could try listening to the recordings via headphones, pausing to repeat out loud. Is this any quicker than simply transcribing yourself? Let us know!
The UK Data Service is a great source of advice when it comes to managing research data - they currently do not recommend automation for transcribing audio interviews because the software is not great at recognising lots of different voices.
The Department of Education has a site license for Gorilla. Gorilla is a platform to run online behavioural experiments in areas such as psycholinguistics, psychology etc.
The license only covers staff and students in the Department of Education. It does not cover members of other Departments throughout the University.
To request a license please email ithelpdesk@education.ox.ac.uk
More information on the platform see their website
You can install SPSS for free on your computer via the IT Services website self-registration page:https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index log in with your SSO.
Choose Register for and download site-licensed software (Sophos, VPN, SPSS, NVivo, etc)
Select SPSS from the list
Choose the correct installer for the kind of computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
To check if a Windows computer is 32- or 64-bit, follow instructions from here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/827218/how-to-determine-whether-a-computer-is-running-a-32-bit-version-or-64
We'd love to hear about your experiences using AI tools for literature searching or exploring your references. Some that have been mentioned by researchers include ResearchRabbit and Litmaps. It is not yet clear how reliable or useful AI can be, particularly in a systematic literature search, but the tools are developing fast and it is an exciting area to keep an eye on!
Email us your experiences on education.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk