To support researchers in recording and retaining research notes and associated datasets, Northwestern University has a site license to the LabArchives electronic research notebook platform. LabArchives is a cloud-based service designed as an analog to a paper notebook.
Features and Benefits
By using the ERNS you will be able to:
- Log in to an easy-to-use web interface with your Northwestern NetID
- Store Level 1 and 2 research data
- Keep a permanent record of your research notes and file attachments, including all changes
- Organize your data into notebooks by project or by research group member
- Subdivide notebooks into pages and entries for separate studies or analyses
- Granularly share whole notebooks, pages or entries with other LabArchives users
- Easily create static offline backups
- Integrate with Microsoft office documents
- Sync data to your computer using Folder Monitor
Limitations
LabArchives should not be used to store
- Individual files larger 16 GB max
- Level 3 and 4 research data
Our site license only includes the Electronic Laboratory Notebook for Research, not the ELN for Education, Scheduler or Inventory products.
Available to
- Researchers including faculty, staff, postdocs, and students
Cost
This service is offered at no cost to Northwestern researchers
How to Request Service
Anyone with a Northwestern NetID can create a LabArchives account. Follow the linked instructions to create a LabArchives account using your Northwestern credentials. This process will allow you to link any accounts that were created with a non-Northwestern email address.
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