Faculty of Business and Law

Research Tools

Some of the tools and services listed here are only available for staff and research students of the Faculty of Business and Law. If you cannot access restricted links please contact your supervisor or the Research Manager to gain access.

Software

Deakin Software Library

The University provides access to a range of software products to support research, which are listed on the Deakin Software Library page. These include statistical software products such as SPSS, Amos and QPR Nvivo, and Teaching and Learning software products such as EndNote.

Qualtrics

Qualtrics is an online survey research package. It can be used for both sophisticated (randomisation designs, choice analysis, etc.) and simple online surveys. It comes with training modules and good facilities to manage email lists and survey requests. It outputs data in a variety of formats, including fully labelled SPSS .sav files and Excel. It can also produce simple reports with graphics. Our licence does not cover the recruitment of respondents, but Qualtrics can use any list you upload or can survey respondents send from a survey panel. It is available to all Faculty staff and HDR students. Each person can set up multiple surveys.

Get started with these simple instructions [100KB PDF].

Introduction to Qualtrics [830KB PDF] by Associate Professor David Bednall.

Access to this service is made possible by the Centre for Sustainable and Responsible Organisations - CSaRO.

SAS

SAS is a business analytics software product licenced to the Faculty of Business and Law, for use by its staff and enrolled students. The software may be installed on any hardware owned by or under the control of the Faculty. Under certain conditions, access is also available for home use. Details about SAS.

Instructions for installation of SAS [450KB PDF] by Dr Peter Gilbert.

Library resources

Deakin's library offers extensive support to research staff and students, including the assistance of

Databases
  • SCOPUS
    Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, covering Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences.
  • ISI Web of Science
    The Web of Knowledge interface hosts the following databases: Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, Journal Citation Reports, Food Science & Technology Abstracts and Biosis Previews.
  • SAGE Research Methods
    SAGE Research Methods is a tool to support your research needs as you design, select and apply a method. Containing over 100,000 pages of book, journal and reference content from leading SAGE authors, SRMO supports independent researchers at all levels.
  • Springerlink
    SpringerLink provides access to the electronic journal publications. Subjects include: Education, Geography, Humanities, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, and Social Sciences. Springer publishes in all areas of science. Full text is only available for the journals to which Deakin University subscribes.
  • Wiley Online
    Online journals in the subject areas of Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine and Healthcare, Physics and Astronomy, Polymers and Materials Science, Psychology, Social Sciences.

For more databases relevant databases for your discipline areas at the Library Resource Guides

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5th July 2013