Research Apps and Software
Free/Low Cost AT for Research
Features:
- Enter the assignment start date, due date, and pick the type of assignment
- Choose from research essay, literature review, critical review, annotated bibliography,
lab report, presentation, analytical essay, poster presentation, personal statement,
response paper, and graduate school application
- Website will break down your assignment and give you a timeline for your project with
deadlines for each step
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Online automatic bibliography maker on the web
- Search for the citation information or manually enter it into the site
- Add citations to your works cited list
- When your research is over, download your bibliography in one of four formats: MLA,
APA, Chicago, or Turbian
Cost: Free or $9.95/month for Plus account
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Use this tool to create citations, works cited, and bibliographies
- Formatting options for MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian
- Fill in the web form with the information from your resource and click “Make Citation”
- Citation will show up on your screen to copy into your document
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Free, Online Bibliography and Citation Generator
- Provides MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian citations for virtually any research source
- Manually input publication information for non-electronic sources or copy URL address
into the website to create your citation
- Can check for unintentional plagiarism
Cost: Free or $9.95/month for Plus account
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- With a single click, clip part of any webpage including images, text, or links
- Clippings get saved to your Evernote account for access later
- Collect research or items of interest in one place for easy organized information
collection
- Read and access your research from any computer or device
Cost: Free; $7.99/month for Premium
Compatibility: Web add-on for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera
Features:
- Add post-it notes to any of your web pages while researching
- Post-its are saved so the next time you open the webpage, the post-its will be there
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Organize, explore and share resources using this app
- Add files, web pages, photos and organize them according to project, assignment or
collection
- Sync across computer, tablet and mobile device
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS; Android; Extension for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari
Features:
- Just copy and paste content from your document, upload document, or paste URL
- Provides a deep and thorough search
- Offers a paraphrase tool
Cost: Free for 1,000 words; Pro $20/mo. for Student
Compatibility: Online
Features:
- Save articles, videos, webpages, photos or anything you find online to read later
using this app
- Content syncs across all devices for easy access, anywhere, anytime
- Simple, easy-to-use interface for great viewing
- Share your clippings with others
Cost: Free; Premium $4.99/month
Compatibility: Mac; iOS; Android; Kobo; Extension for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari;
Windows Mobile; Kindle Fire
Features:
- Cut and paste text
- Contextual analysis, word placement, and our smart algorithms
- Privacy is standard
- Offers citation assistant
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Annotate, highlight and type right into your web browser
- Capture thoughts and share your comments in the web page
- Share your annotation in a variety of formats with others via e-mail or social media
- Bookmark and save your webpages in the cloud for access from anywhere
Cost: Free or $35/year for Pro plan
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Search engine for students
- Provides trustworthy site search results from the most relevant, pre-evaluated and
approved sites on the internet
- Find better information, faster from credible sources, such as primary sources while
avoiding spam and marginal information sites
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
