EdTech Tools to Help Student Researchers

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Being a scholar entails doing a lot of research, readings, and writings. Thankfully, technology can be of tremendous help in the research process. There are a wide variety of web tools and mobile applications that facilitate researchers' work and help them communicate and collaborate with each other. Besides the numerous resources we reviewed here over the last few years, today we are sharing with you this interesting collection of web tools that student researchers can use to manage their references, compile bibliographies, generate citations, access journal articles and many more.


1- EasyBib

‘EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools that are easy-to-use and educational. EasyBib is not only accurate, fast, and comprehensive, but helps educators teach and students learn how to become effective and organized researchers.’

3- Mendeley

‘Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.’

4- Zotero

‘Zotero is a powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research.’

5- Paperpile

‘Manage your research library right in your browser: Save time with a smart, intuitive interface, access your PDFs from anywhere, format citations within Google Docs… and much more!’