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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 below under 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).
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