LibGuides: Copy of Social media for research: Twitter

Time for Twitter?

Isn't Twitter just about celebrities and trivia? What can it offer for researchers?

Explore the showcase of different ways in which researchers are using Twitter, and try things out for yourself by using the links on the right hand side.

Keep up to date with the buzz

Subscribe to a newsfeed for a hashtag so you don't miss any Tweets relating to a conference, event, news story etc.

Recreating history: UK WW2 Cabinet

This project from the National Archives is recreating World War 2 on Twitter, based on the Cabinet Papers. Visit this site for other Twitter accounts which attempt to 'recreate' historical events.

Tweets by @ukwarcabinet

Twitter: Research Institute

Tweets by @ucleastman

Keep up with research news: AHRC

Tweets by @ahrcpress

Twitter: individual academic

Tweets by @andymiah

Tweet your thesis

Can you summarise your doctoral research in 140 characters? Tweets about "#tweetyourthesis"

Get started!

Twitter

Have a go! Search Twitter

Academic tweeters
Subject-based list of recommended academic tweeters, compiled by LSE researchers.
Advanced Twitter search
Twitter's advanced search has lots of options to help you pinpoint what you're after.
Classicists on Twitter
List of Classicists and Ancient Historians on Twitter, compiled by Ian Groves.
Cultural Heritage tweeters
List compiled by Charles Mount @cmount1
Modern Languages researchers on Twitter
Twitter lists
Lists are a useful way of finding others with similar interests. This example is a list of history researchers - see if you can find lists relevant to your field.

Selected articles about Twitter in academia

5,000 tweets on
Interesting article by Brian Kelly reflecting on different uses of Twitter in an HE context.
Can Twitter make scientists better communicators?
Recent article which includes a selection of researchers to follow.
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities
A new guide from LSE which shows new users how to get started and hone their tweeting style, and advises more experienced users how to use Twitter for research and teaching.
Tweeting at academic conferences
Useful guide.
Twitter for researchers and academics
Handy tips for people who are already using Twitter.
Twitter journal
Article about the world's first Twitter-only journal.
Using Twitter for curated academic content
Recent blogpost from an English literature professor.
What makes a valuable academic tweet?
Report of a research project evaluating what people like/dislike about academic tweets.
Why you should use Twitter during your PhD
Student perspective - why Twitter was useful for her own research

Archiving tweets

HootSuite archives
Keyword based archiving service.