1. Apps
for
Research

2. Finding
Information

3. Merriam-Webster
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Full access to MerriamWebster Collegiate
Dictionary
• Voice Search
• Thesaurus

4. Wikipedia
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iPhone and Android
Access Wikipedia
Save articles to read offline
Choose a language

5. Khan Academy
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• 4,200 instructional videos
in math, science, and
humanities

6. TED
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Search and access 1,400
TEDtalks
• Browse offline
• Daily updates

7. Finding
Articles &
Books

8. ArticleSearch
• 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

9. EBSCOhost
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
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10. World Newspapers
• $0.99
• iPhone and Android
• Access articles from
newspapers worldwide
• Translate articles

11. FreeBooks
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Full text of 23,000+ classic
books
• E-reader interface with
highlighting, bookmarking,
dictionary, notes
• Import your own ebooks

12. Apps for
Academic
Disciplines

13. Congressional Record
• Free
• iPhone
• Read the daily edition of the
Congressional Record
• Browse Congressional
Record back to 104th
Congress (1995)
• Perform keyword searches

14. MyCongress
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Track members of Congress
on news, video, and Twitter
• Access member bios and
contact information

15. Nolo’s Plain-English
Law Dictionary
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Legal terms defined in basic
language

16. America’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

17. Open States
• Free
• iPhone
• State-level legislation
information
• Information about state
representatives

18. UN CountryStats
• Free
• iPhone
• Generate tables and bar
graphs
• Info on economic, social,
environmental, trade, and
area & population for UN
countries

19. Poetry
Free
iPhone and Android
The Poetry Foundation
Poetry spinner to combine
topics
• Discover poets and poetry
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20. Poetry Daily
• Free
• iPhone
• Discover new
contemporary poems

21. Merck PTE
Free
iPhone and Android
Interactive Periodic Table
Classroom presentation
mode
• Multilingual support
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22. Google Translate
Free
iPhone and Android
Translate text and speech
Listen to translations read
aloud
• 70 + languages
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23. Apps for
Organization

24. Mindmeister
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Free
iPhone and Android
Draw maps of your ideas
Organize ideas for research
and writing

25. 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
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26. EasyBib
• Free
• iPhone and Android
• Scan a book’s ISBN to
produce a citation in MLA
or APA