Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Availability: 7 day free trial or purchase a license Comparable: Visio, Dia, Google Drawing SmartDraw is a diagramming tool that can be used to create flowcharts, org charts, mind maps, and floor plans. Users can create graph-based, chart-based, or schematic diagrams. SmartDraw integrates with Microsoft Office. With just a click, drawings can be sent to … Read more
Availability: Department of Biological Sciences — Contact biologyhelp@uncc.edu to request your departmental license. Comparable: R GraphPad Prism combines scientific graphing, comprehensive curve fitting (nonlinear regression), understandable statistics, and data organization. The software was originally designed for experimental biologists in medical schools and drug companies, but is now used by all kinds of biologists, social, and … Read more
Availability: Free Download Comparable: Zotero, EndNote Mendeley is a free reference manager and social network that helps users organize their research, collaborate with others, and discover new research. Search and sort references, documents and notes in one place. Users can read, annotate and add sticky notes to PDFs. Mendeley generates citations and bibliographies in the … Read more