Required software and useful websites

We use several software packages and websites to accomplish different things in the lab:

• LLU uses Microsoft Teams and Office. LLU students have free access to Microsoft 365 by signing into login.microsoftonline.com with your LLU email / password:
  • Teams - In the Hartman Behavioral Neuroscience Lab team:
    • Planner is where I will assign tasks / make requests to you, and you will assign tasks / make requests to me. You will have recurring tasks (weekly / quarterly / yearly) that will need to be kept up with.
    • The Papers channel is where you will discuss and post pdfs of your weekly research reading(s).
    • Chat is used for quick / brief communications (generally, what you would normally use email for).
  • Outlook - all of our meetings will be scheduled on the Calendar. You can book a meeting with me on my Teams Bookings page. Note that I would generally like to avoid using email for lab business (see Chat above).
  • OneNote - there are currently some resources there that will be eventually moved here.
  • Word – manuscripts etc… get familiar with Track Changes and spelling / grammar checker, install various required / helpful plugins
  • Excel - data entry / storage
    
  • Powerpoint - presentations / posters
  • OneDrive - where powerpoint files need to be stored for making presentations across campus.
    
• eLabFTW - your electronic lab notebook.
• Zoom - virtual lab meetings using computer or phone (free account with LLU email)
• Researchgate - knowledge base, career networking
• Google Scholar - knowledge base, career networking
• Doodle / When2meet - scheduling meetings with multiple attendees
• Dropbox – sharing of large files (you can sign up here)
  
• G*power - free statistical power analysis
• Reference manager package: Zotero (open source), Mendeley (free), Endnote (commercial, but free for LLU students)
• Statistics / graphs – see data management protocol
• Windows emulator (if you have a Mac) - note that some software (e.g., Statistica) requires Windows, which can be run on a Mac using something like Boot Camp or a virtual machine with either Virtual Box (free) or Parallels (often discounted at llu.onthehub.com).