Online research notebook
Our online research notebook, powered by LabArchives, allows all researchers in all disciplines to digitize their work as it is created.
The online research notebook allows researchers to capture their work, whether they are generating ideas for a literary tome, designing an experiment, or acquiring and linking data.
It is an application developed to replace paper research notebooks and can be used by an individual researcher or research team to manage, store and link digital research data, including any type of file.
Benefits of the online research notebook
- La Trobe supported solution
- all your research data linked
- secure storage in the cloud
- access via the internet from anywhere in the world
- powerful search capability
- comprehensive revision history
- oversee progress of research projects and HDR students
- controlled access for collaborators.
Guidelines and help are available, via the sections below, on using the online research notebook at La Trobe University.
The “Guidelines for use of the Online Research Notebook” have been developed by us and are recommended reading for all researchers using the platform.
We recommend that you follow these five steps to ensure you have a good start with ORN:
- decide whether the online research notebook will meet your research data management needs
- get your group involved
- get trained
- make a few set-up decisions
- start using your notebook.
You can watch this video from LabArchives to get an overview of the platform.
Many articles about the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) are published by LabArchives on their help site.
Training is available from LabArchives via the following sources. Please note that we use the ‘Professional Edition’ of LabArchives when looking to access appropriate training options.
Application support for the online research notebook is available to all our researchers from LabArchives LLC. Contact the LabArchives support team to report a problem or ask for assistance.
Researchers requiring assistance with custom widget development should contact IS via Ask Services.