Library Guides: Graduate Student Services: Technology

Physical Technology Services

Technology Checkouts

We offer technologies for checkout including laptops, chargers, GoPros, digital cameras, headphones, calculators, Wi-Fi Hot Spots and more.

The virtual reality icon Virtual Discovery Space

Virtual reality and immersive visualization environment for instruction, hi-res images, & videos, is available in our Virtual Discovery Space. You'll find all the Virtual reality (VR) equipment needed as well as dozens of VR apps.

Online Technology Services

We offer multiple software programs that can help you with your research and publication needs as well as training to help you utilize them.

citation icon Citation Management

Download EndNote or use our Mendeley institutional account to manage literature reviews and citation styles. Our librarians can help you with either of these tools as well as Zotero - a free citation management tool that does not require MSU affiliation to access.

survey icon Online Surveys

Qualtrics is a powerful online survey tool for building, distributing, and analyzing surveys. It's available to all MSU faculty, staff, and students with a NetID.

REDCap is a secure web application that can be used to collect any type of data (including 21 CFR Part 11, FISMA, and HIPAA-compliant environments), but is specifically geared to support online or offline data capture for research studies and operations.

To access resource: Go to REDCap, select Montana State University - Bozeman from the drop-down list. On next page, sign in with your NetID and password.

workshop icon Workshops

Face-to-face and online workshops on EndNote, Excel, R, and other topics. We offer a varied schedule of workshops each semester. Do you have a topic you'd like to learn more about, or have your students learn from? Let us know.

online learning icon Online Learning Tools

Learn on your own with LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). This tool offers video tutorials on software and technology related topics.

Guides, download links & plugins

Citation Management Tools
This guide shares helpful citation tools that will keep you organized when collecting multiple citations.
EndNote 20: Windows Zipped Installer Files
Download this File (Log in with NetID to download)
SAVE (Do NOT run or open)
Unzip/extract the two files into the same directory
(This step is VERY important, if you don't unzip the files first the install will NOT WORK).
Click the ENX9Inst file to install
Proxied EndNote 20 Download Link on a Mac
EndNote Cite While You Write Plugin
EndNote: Sync with EndNote Online
Sync your library to EndNote online for a cloud backup.
Mendeley Citation Manager
Mendeley is a combination of a desktop application and a website which helps you manage, share and discover both content and contacts in research.
Mendeley Citation Plugin
Integrate Mendeley into MS Word or other word processing software to easily cite your sources while writing.
Zotero Citation Manager
Zotero is a free citation manager that you can use to collect, manage, and produce citations for research sources.
Zotero Citation Plugin

Data Management

Data Management Planning Toolkit
These resources can help you write data management plans to comply with funder requirements. For basic guidance on data management, we recommend reading Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing (Wilson et al., 2016). Or contact us for one-on-one help.