A step organization method for research with online applications

Abstract

The article presents an organizational and production method for research trough use and integration of online
tools, such as Zotero, Twitter and Skype. The developed procedure is based on research steps described by
Umberto Eco (1974). The online tools were applied to resource selection; work planning and organization;
sheets and reports systematization; and research editing. From the advent of semantic web, the availability of
data, information and knowledge in the web becomes even more attractive. The growing presence of online
applications provides new experiences and possibilities in explore, develop and share information and results
among researchers. These facts together offers a fertile environment to the development of collaborative
researches, furthermore enables that search processes, cataloguing and team communication becomes more
efficient. The method was applied simultaneously to two academic works.