Apps for

Research

Finding Information

Merr i am-Webs te r

• Free• iPhone and Android• Full access to Merriam-

Webster Collegiate Dictionary

• Voice Search• Thesaurus

Wik iped ia

• Free• iPhone and Android• Access Wikipedia• Save articles to read offline• Choose a language

Khan Academy

• Free• iPhone and Android• 4,200 instructional videos

in math, science, and humanities

TED

• Free• iPhone and Android• Search and access 1,400

TEDtalks• Browse offline• Daily updates

Finding Articles &

Books

Ar t i c l eSearch

• Free• iPhone and Android• Search for magazine and

academic journal articles• Some full-text access• Simple search interface• Share articles with via text

message, email, or social media

EBSCOhos t

• Free• iPhone and Android• Access articles from EBSCO• Go to Academic Search

Premier, scroll to the bottom, and click “iPhone and Android Apps”

• Enter an email address• Open the email on your

device and follow the instructions

Wor ld Newspapers

• $0.99• iPhone and Android• Access articles from

newspapers worldwide• Translate articles

• Free• iPhone and Android• Full text of 23,000+ classic

books• E-reader interface with

highlighting, bookmarking, dictionary, notes

• Import your own ebooks

FreeBooks

Apps for Academic

Disciplines

Congress iona l Reco rd

• Free• iPhone• Read the daily edition of the

Congressional Record• Browse Congressional

Record back to 104th Congress (1995)

• Perform keyword searches

MyCongress

• Free• iPhone and Android• Track members of Congress

on news, video, and Twitter• Access member bios and

contact information

No lo ’ s P l a in -Eng l i sh Law D i c t i ona ry

• Free• iPhone and Android• Legal terms defined in basic

language

Amer i ca ’ s Economy

• Free• iPhone and Android• Key economic measures on

employment, manufacturing, international trade, retail sales, and residential construction and sales

• Info from BLS, U.S. Census Bureau

• Real-time updates

Open S ta tes

• Free• iPhone • State-level legislation

information• Information about state

representatives

UN Count ryS ta t s

• Free• iPhone • Generate tables and bar

graphs• Info on economic, social,

environmental, trade, and area & population for UN countries

Poet ry

• Free• iPhone and Android• The Poetry Foundation• Poetry spinner to combine

topics• Discover poets and poetry

Poet ry Da i l y

• Free• iPhone• Discover new

contemporary poems

Merck PTE

• Free• iPhone and Android• Interactive Periodic Table• Classroom presentation

mode• Multilingual support

Goog le Trans la te

• Free• iPhone and Android• Translate text and speech• Listen to translations read

aloud• 70 + languages

Apps for Organization

Mindme is te r

• Free• iPhone and Android• Draw maps of your ideas• Organize ideas for research

and writing

Dropbox

• Free• iPhone and Android• Access stored documents• Easy way to read word docs

and powerpoints on a mobile device

• Connects to your Dropbox account

EasyB ib

• Free• iPhone and Android• Scan a book’s ISBN to

produce a citation in MLA or APA