Dr. Didgar Research Institute

Global research resources: universities, databases and tools

61 official and scholarly resources for discovery, methods, transparency and publication, with scope and access notes.

Illustration of a research library and study desk
Guides and records may be public; full text, accounts, consultation or deposit services may require authorization or membership. Inclusion does not imply institutional affiliation.

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Search and evidence

Harvard Library — HOLLIS Catalog

Catalog discovery for books, articles and other materials

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public discovery; some licensed full text
Search and evidence

University of Cambridge — Apollo

Cambridge research outputs and theses

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public records; item access varies
Search and evidence

University of Cape Town — OpenUCT

Cape Town theses, articles and learning resources

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Open repository; deposit eligibility applies
Data and reproducibility

MIT Libraries — Data management

Plan, store and share research data

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance; services may be institution-specific
Data and reproducibility

Cornell Data Services — Data management

Manage, store, share and preserve data

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance; services may be institution-specific
Data and reproducibility

Zenodo — Research repository

Deposit and discover research releases

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public records; account and deposit terms apply
Statistics and modeling

The R Project

Statistical computing language and environment

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public documentation; open-source software
Data and reproducibility

Python documentation

Official programming-language reference

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public documentation; open-source language
Data and reproducibility

JupyterLab — Notebooks

Code, narrative and output notebooks

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public documentation; open-source software
Writing and referencing

Zotero — Quick start guide

Reference management and citations

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guide; optional services have terms
Writing and referencing

APA Style — Reference examples

Reference examples and citation guidance

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public examples; some products require purchase
Writing and referencing

EQUATOR Network — Reporting guidelines

Find reporting guidelines by design

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public reporting-guideline directory
Search and evidence

PRISMA 2020 — Statement and checklists

Systematic-review reporting and flow diagrams

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance and checklists
Search and evidence

CASP — Critical appraisal checklists

Design-appropriate critical appraisal

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public appraisal tools; check reuse terms
Publishing and identity

Bodleian Libraries — Open access publishing

Oxford open-access and repository guidance

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance; services are eligibility-specific
Publishing and identity

ORCID — About ORCID

Researcher identity and name disambiguation

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance; account terms apply
Publishing and identity

Crossref — REST API and metadata

Match identifiers and citation metadata

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public documentation; API policies apply
Publishing and identity

OpenAlex — Help Center

Research discovery and metadata coverage

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public help; product terms vary
Research design

NIH — Plan to apply

Plan a grant application

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public guidance; grant eligibility varies
Publishing and identity

Center for Open Science — Registered Reports

Design review before results and Registered Reports routes.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Research design

OSF Support — Registration templates

Registration templates for new, secondary, qualitative and registered-report projects.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Ethics and originality

Center for Open Science — TOP 2025

The 2025 transparency and verification framework.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Statistics and modeling

multiverse — Official R package documentation

Official R-package documentation for analysis decisions and paths.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Data and reproducibility

Quarto — Inline computational results

Connect narrative and computed results using inline code.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Writing and referencing

Quarto — Word output

Word output configuration; institutional styling and RTL need separate testing.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Writing and referencing

Quarto — PDF output and engines

PDF engines and requirements for computational documents.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Writing and referencing

Australian National University — Thesis by compilation

Integrating publications and linking sections in a compilation thesis.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

eLife — Peer review and publishing

Reviewed Preprint model, editorial selection and public assessment.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

Peer Community In — Preprint review and recommendation

Specialist communities reviewing and recommending preprints.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

Scientific Data — Current submission guidelines

Current Data Descriptor instructions and supporting dataset documentation.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Data and reproducibility

Scientific Data — Guide to referees

Referee guidance on data quality and reuse.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

JOSS — Submission requirements and AI policy

Software requirements, public history and AI policy at JOSS.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

cOAlition S — Rights Retention Strategy

Rights-retention strategy subject to applicable funder conditions.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Publishing and identity

Jisc — Open Policy Finder

Find journal and funder policies; still assess the actual agreement.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Statistics and modeling

Lakens (2017) — Equivalence Tests: A Practical Primer

Primary primer on equivalence tests and meaningful bounds.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Writing and referencing

Simons, Shoda & Lindsay (2017) — Constraints on Generality

Primary proposal for explicit generality and study-condition statements.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

PRISMA — Living systematic reviews extension (2024)

The 2024 living systematic-review reporting extension.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Ethics and originality

EQUATOR — CHART statement (2025)

Reporting chatbot health-advice evaluations within its specific scope.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Ethics and originality

Hopewell et al. (2025) — CONSORT 2025 statement

The primary 2025 randomized-trial reporting statement.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Research design

Chan et al. (2025) — SPIRIT 2025 statement

The primary 2025 trial-protocol statement.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

PRISMA — Official extensions

Official PRISMA extension list for checking provenance and scope.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

arXiv — About, scope and review status

Discover subject preprints; arXiv posting is not journal peer review.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

RePEc — Research Papers in Economics

Discover economics research; assess record type and full-text access separately.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

DOAB — Directory of Open Access Books

Discover scholarly open-access books and check publisher-version terms.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
Search and evidence

ERIC — Education research discovery

Discover education research; not every record has free full text.

Access: Public guide or records; full access follows the source’s terms.

Public metadata or guidance; full text, reuse and services follow the source’s current terms.
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