{"id":2529,"date":"2012-03-14T07:30:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2012-03-14T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:30:49","slug":"tools-to-make-your-research-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/tools-to-make-your-research-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools to Make Your Research Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spitfire at en.wikipedia CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/p><\/div>\n

Humans are tool users; indeed, it has been argued<\/a> that our use of tools is a part of what makes <\/em>us human. However, it’s been found that a wide<\/a> variety<\/a> of primates<\/a>, crows (both New Caledonian<\/a> and the kind we see here<\/a>) and as well as other animals use tools. And why wouldn’t they, given how much a good tool improves a job?<\/p>\n

So while we can’t console ourselves that tools make us special, we can console ourselves that it makes us faster and more efficient.<\/p>\n

With that enticement, check out our New Tools and Widgets<\/a> page, where we’ve listed information about a wide variety of our tools. Check back now and again as we’ll add new tools that we find particularly useful, too.<\/p>\n

Tools profiled include:<\/p>\n