Here you can find information about Harvard University and Affiliated Organization supported Electronic Lab Notebook solutions. Members of the LMA research community who would like us to share information about the ELN used in your lab should contact us!
HMS Academic and Research Integrity has developed clear guidelines for using ELNs at Harvard Medical School.
eLabNext
Fully compliant ELN, offering an intuitive and flexible solution to documenting, organizing, searching, and archiving research data.eLabNext is a Division of Eppendorf. Their ELN platform consists of three integrated modules eLabJournal, eLabInventory, and eLabProtocols, along with a Mobile app and optional apps and connectors.
- Offers an intuitive and flexible solution to documenting, organizing, searching, and archiving research data
- Useful add-ons and integrations
- Flexible structure for protocol generation
- Collaboration option
- Good inventory management
Learn more about eLabNext
- View this video, a high-level overview of eLabNext
- See a detailed description of the eLabNext product from the vendor’s website
Local resources and support
LabArchives
Well-established cloud-based ELN that enables researchers to capture, manage, store, and share research data.LabArchives is a secure and intuitive cloud-based electronic lab notebook application enabling researchers to easily create, store, share and manage their research data. LabArchives is mandatory for researchers at MGB institutions.
- A flexible, extensible platform that can be easily customized to match your lab's workflow
- Classroom edition for students and teachers, with special features for teaching lab safety, lab procedures, and techniques
- PubMed references entry editor
- Integration with GraphPad Prism
- Free version available with 25MB storage
Learn more about LabArchives
- View this video, a high-level overview of LabArchives
- See a more detailed description of LabArchives from the vendor’s website
Local resources and support
- Mass General Brigham – Electronic Laboratory Notebook
- Boston Children's Hospital (coming soon)
RSpace
Collaborative tool that enables researchers and their teams to work together in a way that is centralized, streamlined, and secure.ResearchSpace (RSpace) has been developed in close consultation with researchers and IT and research data professionals at leading global research institutions.
- RSpace is a collaborative tool that enables researchers and their teams to work together in a way that is centralized, streamlined, and secure
- Integrates with several archives and repositories, including GitHub, figshare, Dataverse, ORCID, Mendeley, protocols.io and more
- Possible archive management, built-in metrics, and analytics
- Can connect to the eCAT sample tracking system
- Supports chemical structures
- Free to use with unlimited storage
Learn more about RSpace
- View this video, a high-level overview of RSpace
- See an overview of their ELN product from their website